Hints to travellers, scientific and general (1901)
Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) · London, The Royal Geographical Society · leaf 126
, as in the interior of Africa, boxes may be made of the skins of antelopes or other large animals by stretching them, when newly stripped from the animal, over a square framework of sticks, and sewing up the edges : after being dried in the sun they make excellent packing-cases. Preserving Mammals… … to adopt this plan, especially with regard to the smaller specimens, dried skins of which are almost useless for scientific purposes. On this subject Dr. G-. E. Dobson sends us the following ‘ Hints , — The general collecting case should be made of strong block tin, rect¬ angular in form, about 2…
