Taxidermy (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from TaxidermyCompo. No. IV may be used with wire net ting or rough board as a base for making earth bases, imitation rock stands, etc. Take one third hot melted glue, two-thirds ¿our paste, a quantity of paper pulp, a small amount of boiled linseed Oil, a very little of Venetian tur pentine, boracic acid, and arsenic. Thicken to modeling consistency with plaster of paris, col oring by adding some dry raw umber or lamp black and burnt umber.Surface the bases made of this compo. By pressing sand, gravel, or forest mold into the face and when dry shake off the loose mate rial. Touch up with tube colors, as desired, and when this is dry apply a very thin varnish and turpentine finish to bring out a natural damp look.A foreword as to care of mountable speci mens in the field may save a great amount of cleaning of mussed skins in the shop.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.