The taxidermist's manual, or, The art of collecting, preparing and preserving objects of natural history. : For the use of travellers, conservators of museums, and private collectors. ... / By Captain Thomas Brown, F.L.S.

  • Brown, Thomas, 1785-1862.
Date:
MDCCCXXXIII. [1833]
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Credit: The taxidermist's manual, or, The art of collecting, preparing and preserving objects of natural history. : For the use of travellers, conservators of museums, and private collectors. ... / By Captain Thomas Brown, F.L.S. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of hides are liable to the attacks of insects, unless preserved in some way. We would, therefore, recommend the use of the arsenical soap as in other skins. ANT-EATERS. The great Ant-Eater (Myrmecophega jubalaj, has a long prehensile tail, with long flowing hairs. The tail must be supported by a much longer tail-bearer than that of other quad- rupeds generally. The tongue is very long and protractile, and ought to be drawn out of the mouth as if in the act of catching Ants. the duck-billed platypus ( Ornithorinchus rufus.} In stuffing this animal, attention must be paid to showing as much as possible its cheek pouches, a characteristic of the genus. ORDER VIII.—PACHYDERMATA. The animals of this Order are mostly of gigantic size, and have very thick skins. At the head of this Order is THE ELEPHANT. Various methods have been devised for the mounting and stuffing of Elephants. The best plan is that which was adopt- ed, with the elegant specimen now in the Jardin du Roi at Paris. The dead Elephant being extended on the ground, the di- mensions were all taken, and correctly noted at the time. M. Lassaigne, cabinet-maker to the establishment, invented a large rule for that purpose, which was somewhat like a shoe- makers size-stick. The different curves of the back, belly, neck, &c., were taken by bars of lead of three quarters of an inch in thickness. This metal is much better adapted than any other for that and similar purposes, as it has no elasticity, it retains any shape into which it is put. M. Demoulins made a drawing of the animal from these