To make a robe sew a number of hides together and line them, simply binding the edge with a straight strip.
Where a hide has become hard by getting wet, or from some other cause after tanning, wet it on flesh side with water and hang up. When partly dry give it a thorough rubbing. If that fails to soften it, oil it with Neatsfoot oil and rub it in well.
When rugs and furs become dirty from use take hardwood sawdust, dampen it and rub well into hide. Shake out and repeat until clean.
Sprinkle them well with arsenic shaking it well down on hide. Tie up and lay away for a few days. Then dust all the arsenic out and clean with the sawdust. In stuffed birds use the arsenic alone, but handle it with care for it is a deadly poison.
Alcohol 1 pint Gum Camphor ½ ounce Aqua ammonia 3 ounces Oil of Sassafras ½ ounce Laudanum ½ ounce
Wishing to use the above for neuralgia or rheumatism, add to three ounces of the preparation 4 grains menthol (in crystals).
Cannabis 5 grains Salicylic Acid 29 grains Collodion ½ ounce Caster Oil 10 drops
Mix thoroughly, and before applying dampen the corn or wart with turpentine; then apply, being careful not to get the preparation on the sound flesh. Repeat this every night before going to bed for five successive nights. Now bind a slice of lemon on excrescence, let it remain one hour, and then wash and scrape off corn or wart. You may of course repeat as often as necessary, or until excrescence is entirely removed.
Turpentine ½ pint Yellow lubricating oil ½ pint Muriatic acid 1 ounce
Mix and let stand two days, and then apply with a sponge after which thoroughly dry with a woolen cloth.
Best white glue ½ pound Soft water 2½ pints
Mix and heat over a slow fire until dissolved; then stir in 4 ounces dry white lead, ¼ pint alcohol, and 1 ounce aqua ammonia.
Article I., On Skinning and Dressing Birds 48
Article II., On Skinning and Dressing Animals 63
Article IV., Hunting Specimens and care of same 77
Article V. and VI., Wood and Wire Frames 79-81
Article IX., Killing and Dressing Snakes 89
Article XI., On Making Footstools, etc. 94
Article XIV., Recipes for Preserving Preparations, 114
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