Memoirs of the Life, Writings, & Correspondence of William Smellie, Late Printer in Edinburgh, Secretary and Superintendent of Natural History to the Society of Scotish Antiquaries, Volume 2J. Anderson, 1811 |
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... for stuffing and preserving the animals he wished to have transmitted to the museum of the Society . We are uncer- tain of the precise date of this proposal , but it was probably made soon after his appoint- ment as E 2 WILLIAM SMELLIE .
... for stuffing and preserving the animals he wished to have transmitted to the museum of the Society . We are uncer- tain of the precise date of this proposal , but it was probably made soon after his appoint- ment as E 2 WILLIAM SMELLIE .
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... animals we are anxious to acquire . No gentleman , I presume , will feel the ardour of the sport impaired from the consideration that his amusement is to be useful to his country , and a high gratification to the Society of which he is ...
... animals we are anxious to acquire . No gentleman , I presume , will feel the ardour of the sport impaired from the consideration that his amusement is to be useful to his country , and a high gratification to the Society of which he is ...
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... animals body . In every incision , the feathers should be carefully shed , to prevent their being cut . After the two incisions are made , the skin must be gently separated from the body , by a com- mon pen - knife , or even by the ...
... animals body . In every incision , the feathers should be carefully shed , to prevent their being cut . After the two incisions are made , the skin must be gently separated from the body , by a com- mon pen - knife , or even by the ...
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... animal . Then , with the thumb or fore- finger , press the body above the heart , which will push the intestines toward the anus . Afterwards make an incision sufficient to allow the whole viscera to be drawn out with small pincers ...
... animal . Then , with the thumb or fore- finger , press the body above the heart , which will push the intestines toward the anus . Afterwards make an incision sufficient to allow the whole viscera to be drawn out with small pincers ...
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... animals , the late Mr WEIR , house painter in Edinburgh , was not always so fastidious in concealing the arts he practised with so much success . The writer of these Memoirs has more than once seen him employed in the process ; and both ...
... animals , the late Mr WEIR , house painter in Edinburgh , was not always so fastidious in concealing the arts he practised with so much success . The writer of these Memoirs has more than once seen him employed in the process ; and both ...
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