Taxidermy; or, The art of collecting, preparing and mounting objects of natural history [by S. Lee].1823 |
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... tail ; then close the horn with precaution , and place it in a box filled up with moss and dried leaves , ( to pre- vent the bird from being shaken about in the chace , ) and put the box into the game - bag . The birds taken with a net ...
... tail ; then close the horn with precaution , and place it in a box filled up with moss and dried leaves , ( to pre- vent the bird from being shaken about in the chace , ) and put the box into the game - bag . The birds taken with a net ...
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... tail interiorly , and then separate each thigh at its junc- tion with the bones of the pelvis . Until this mo- ment the animal has remained on its back , but we must now lay it on its side , the posterior part to the left , and the paws ...
... tail interiorly , and then separate each thigh at its junc- tion with the bones of the pelvis . Until this mo- ment the animal has remained on its back , but we must now lay it on its side , the posterior part to the left , and the paws ...
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... tail and the skin , that is , on the bare joints , which are , of course , placed within the cleft ; with a hand on each side we draw the stick towards the extremity , and the tail comes out of its sheath . We extend the skin well upon ...
... tail and the skin , that is , on the bare joints , which are , of course , placed within the cleft ; with a hand on each side we draw the stick towards the extremity , and the tail comes out of its sheath . We extend the skin well upon ...
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... tail - bearer . We must bend this piece of iron wire at nearly one - third of its length , to form an oval of it , smaller than the hand ; twist the two ends together , leaving one of them a little shorter than the other , then ...
... tail - bearer . We must bend this piece of iron wire at nearly one - third of its length , to form an oval of it , smaller than the hand ; twist the two ends together , leaving one of them a little shorter than the other , then ...
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... tail - bearer in the manner we have before described . This iron work being thus terminated , we anoint the thighs , and finish filling them with chopped flax . We renew the anointing of the interior parts of the skin , and replace the ...
... tail - bearer in the manner we have before described . This iron work being thus terminated , we anoint the thighs , and finish filling them with chopped flax . We renew the anointing of the interior parts of the skin , and replace the ...
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2d Edit animals anoint belly bird bird-lime body bones BOTANY branches Brazilian Empire butterflies caterpillar cervical vertebræ chopped flax claws collection colours cork cotton countries cover crustacea dried eggs enamel Engravings eyes fasten feathers feet fish flesh flower forceps fresh water fruits Geography head hole inches incision insects introduce iron wire Jardin du Roi larvæ layer legs liquor Mammalia manner MEMOIRS method middle mount birds mounted Museum Natural History naturalists neck nests objects opening operation oval pack paper pass Pennine Alps piece pincers plank plants Plates Poem precaution prepared preserve Price procure put into spirits quadrupeds ROBERT SOUTHEY round separate shell skeleton skin species specimens spines spirits of turpentine spirits of wine stuffed tail tail-bearer Taxidermy thick thighs tion travellers tree twist vegetable vertebral column vessel Vols VOYAGE wings wood
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