SOWDON & WEBSTER,

GEORGE H. SOWDON.FREDERIC S. WEBSTER.(Formerly of Washington.)SOWDON & WEBSTER,738 Broadway, New York,EXPERTS IN THE PREPARATION OFZoological Material.Our new firm will now successfully compete with the best establishments of a similar kind in this country.We are ready to furnish and prepareGroups of Mammals and Birds,for museums and the trade; also,headsof large game,artistic articlesfor household ornament and utility, such aspicture groups,panels,screens, and many original novelties in fur and feather, unique in design,ALL OF WHICH WILL BE ABSOLUTELY MOTH PROOF!Mr. Webster's long professional experience and reputation as an expert taxidermist is well known and established. Under his personal superintendence of the large trained force employed by us in this important branch of our business, the very best work obtainable is guaranteed.WE ARE ALSO MANUFACTURING FURRIERS.With Mr. Sowdon's 30 years experience in the trade, we offer a full line ofFur Garments, Animal Rugs,Robes and Fine Furs of every description.We carry a full line of fur stock, raw and dressed. With competent designers, fitters and cutters, our patrons are assured of good fitting and well-made garments at reasonable prices. Correspondence solicited.In Mounting Mammals, Birds, Reptiles and Fishes,ENTERPRISING TAXIDERMISTS WILL··Use Good Glass Eyes··THAT ARE TRUE TO NATURE IN SHAPE, COLOR, AND SIZE.The best procurable are those made byDEMUTH BROTHERS,89 Walker Street, New York.Manufacturers of FINE GLASS EYES of every description,from life studies of living animals.WHITE CORNERED EYES for the larger animals a specialty, and eyes are made to order on short notice when colored sketches are furnished.The attention of American taxidermists is called to the fact that for eight years past our glass eyes have been used exclusively by Mr. Hornaday in all the animals mounted by him and under his direction in the U.S. National Museum, and reference to him as to the quality and cost of our goods is hereby made, by permission.Send for our price-list and diagram of sizes.WE ALSO MANUFACTUREGLASS SHADES of all shapes and sizes for the protection ofmounted birds, flowers, wax fruit, etc.SCIENTIFIC GLASSWARE of every description.GAUGE TUBING AND CYLINDERS, for Distillers,Brewers, etc.All kinds of glass work done to order. Established 1862. The oldest and best firm on the continent in the manufacture of Artificial Eyes and Glass Shades. Catalogue free upon application, and careful attention given to mail orders.Glass Factory on Newtown Creek, near Penny Bridge, Brooklyn, E.D., New York.Standard·SpecialtiesINMUSEUM HARDWARE.Fig 2.The undersigned manufactures the Patent Brackets and Racks for adjustable shelves (Fig. 1), also Patent Monitor Locks (Fig. 2). These are arranged for all styles of Museum and Book Cases, French Windows, etc. Adopted and recommended by the principal Museums in the United States. Special new and improved machinery for cutting and polishing Minerals, Petrified Wood, etc., by steam or foot power, on hand or furnished to order (Fig. 3).Fig 1.Full information given on application toELISHA T. JENKS.Middleborough,Plymouth Co.,Mass.The Best are the Cheapest.THE · UNRIVALLED · SUPERIORITYOF THESEMuseum Case Locks,Brackets and Racks,is fully attested by their adoption and generaluse in such Institutions as the following:Fig 3.Smithsonian Institution,United States National Museum,Museum of Comparative Zoology,Peabody Museum, Cambridge.Boston Society of Natural History,College of New Jersey, Princeton.Yale College, Vassar College,Brown University,Peabody Academy of Science,College of Charleston, S.C.,and many others.IN MAKING UP YOURGroups of Mammals, Birds and Reptiles,ORDER ALL YOURArtificial Leaves, Plants and Vines,OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,FROMPELLETIER & CO.,Successors to C. PELLETIER,MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS,(ESTABLISHED 1856,)135 Wooster Street, New York.For the last eight years we have supplied the U.S. National Museum with all the artificial leaves used by Mr. Hornaday in his animal groups, and refer to him by permission. The most of the leaves thus used were made to order, on short notice and at reasonable prices, from samples furnished us. Fine leaves and tropical plants are our specialty. Let us know your wants, and we will supply them promptly, and to your satisfaction.OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO MUSEUM BUILDERS.C. DORFLINGER & SONS,Glass Manufacturers,White Mills, Wayne Co., Penn.NEW YORK OFFICE: 36 MURRAY STREET.Anatomical and Specimen JarsOF EVERY DESCRIPTION A SPECIALTY.Our Jars are used largely by the Smithsonian Institution and United States National Museum, and give such satisfaction as is found only in first-class productions.SKINS OFMAMMALS, BIRDS,REPTILES,Etc.We have always on hand a large assortment of well preparedSkins for Taxidermists, also finely mounted specimens of native and foreignMammals,Birds,Reptiles,Fishes,etc.Catalogue 150 pages.Price 30 cents.MOUNTED HEADS,OFDEER, ELK, MOOSE, CARIBOU, BUFFALO, ELEPHANT,AFRICAN ANTELOPE,Etc.Also HEAD SKINS AND ANTLERS. Custom work done in Taxidermy, and in preparing and mounting skeletons.WARD'SNatural Science Establishment,ROCHESTER, N.Y.Minerals, Rocks, Fossils, Casts of Fossils, Geological Relief Maps, Models and Diagrams, Archæological Specimens, and Birds' Eggs.Skins and Skeletons of Animals, Invertebrates, Crustaceans, Shells, Corals, etc., Anatomical Models, Human Skeletons, Skulls and Skeletons of Races, etc.WRITE FOR CIRCULAR.Taxidermists: Naturalists:Before you can properly understand the practice of Taxidermy, it will be necessary to engage in the work, and attain efficiency by actual practice. To accomplish the best results, it is of vital importance to have the proper tools and materials. Poor tools and materials produce poor results. See to it then, that you are amply provided, and before you purchase, write us for our 24 page Catalogue, devoted entirely toSUPPLIES FOR THE NATURALIST.We can not only supply any and all of the materials named in the preceding pages, but we can also supply you withBIRDS' EGGS, BIRDS' SKINS,MOUNTED BIRDS AND MAMMALS,ANDLAND AND MARINE CURIOSITIES,of which we carry thousands of specimens in stock. We specially desire to call your attention to our line of supplies for theOrnithologist, Oologist, Entomologist,Botanist and Taxidermist,Such asglass eyesof fine grades,leaves and grassesfor case decorations,toolsof all kinds from a skinning knife to an engine lathe,collecting paraphernalia, and a large line ofbookstreating on Natural History.ALSO PUBLISHERS OF THEORNITHOLOGIST AND OOLOGIST.The only periodical in this country treating directly on matters of special interest to the Field Collector. Price, $1.00 per year.Frank Blake Webster Company,MUSEUM AND SUPPLY DEPOT,HYDE PARK, MASS.Office: 409 WASHINGTON ST., BOSTON, MASS.FOREST AND STREAMROD AND GUN.You may go shooting and get no game, or fishing and catch no fish; but you cannot buy a copy of theForest and Stream(this week or next week or any week) without finding it brimful of capital sketches of shooting and fishing, and papers on natural history and sportsman's travel and experiences, and discussions of yachting and canoeing. A paper for men.Forest and Streambelieves in the recreation found in the haunts of deer and grouse, and trout and bass. It believes in the common sense that calls a halt in business drive and professional grind, for a holiday with gun, rod, and paddle—if only afterward to drive the faster and grind the harder. It is a journal for those who love the country and life out of doors. It reflects the spirit and records the experiences of the great army of outers. If you have any sympathy with these things, theForest and Streamis just the paper you would like to have come into your home every week. Send for a specimen copy (free on mention of this book), or $4.00 for a year's subscription. Sold by all newsdealers.BOOKS FOR SPORTSMEN AND NATURALISTS.We make a specialty of books onNATURAL HISTORY, ANGLING, SHOOTING, WOODCRAFT,YACHTING, CANOEING, THE DOG, AND OUTDOORLIFE, RECREATION, AND STUDY.Send for our free illustratedCatalogue of Forest and Stream BooksFOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY,No. 318 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.Two Years in the Jungle.The Experiences of a Hunter and Naturalist in India,Ceylon, the Malay Peninsula, and Borneo.By WILLIAM T. HORNADAY,Chief Taxidermist U.S. National Museum.One vol.,8vo, pp. xxii. 512, two folding maps and 51 illustrations. Price, $3.00.THE EXPEDITION AND ITS OBJECT.The author relates the experiences of a hunter and naturalist in India, Ceylon, the Malay Peninsula, and Borneo; and certainly no richer hunting-ground could be found anywhere else in the world. Mr. Hornaday is chief taxidermist in the United States National Museum. He was formerly connected with Professor Ward's Natural Science Museum of Rochester, N.Y., and his expedition to the East was in the interests of that establishment. While his book is in some respects like such works as those which Du Chaillu and Sir Samuel W. Baker have written to delight and interest a multitude of readers, he has imparted a vast amount of information, a large part of which is new and of the greatest moment to the naturalist.Mr. Hornaday started from New York in 1876. From England he went finally south to India, arriving at Bombay; he went across country to Benares; from here he made an expedition to the north to Cawnpore and Agra. From Benares he worked his way to Calcutta, journeyed down the Bay of Bengal to Madras; southward again, he made a complete circuit of Ceylon, than to the Malay Peninsula, and finally to Borneo, where his adventures with the oran-gutan were met, ending his two years of fruitful and entirely successful search. The illustrations are many, and most of them are taken from Mr. Hornaday's own sketches. Though it may seem to be stating much, it certainly may be truly said that a more interesting book of travel and adventures was never published."Decidedly the most interesting and instructive book of travel and adventure in the East Indies it has ever been our good fortune to read."—Baltimore News."An entertaining volume.... The author has proved his ability to write a good book of travel."—Morning Post(London)."To the naturalist, Mr. Hornaday's book cannot but be as deeply interesting as to the sportsman and traveller.... It deserved to be distinguished from among the mass of books of sporting adventure."—Melbourne Argus."One of the most entertaining and instructive books of its kind that has been published."—San Francisco Post.

(Formerly of Washington.)

Our new firm will now successfully compete with the best establishments of a similar kind in this country.

We are ready to furnish and prepareGroups of Mammals and Birds,for museums and the trade; also,headsof large game,artistic articlesfor household ornament and utility, such aspicture groups,panels,screens, and many original novelties in fur and feather, unique in design,ALL OF WHICH WILL BE ABSOLUTELY MOTH PROOF!Mr. Webster's long professional experience and reputation as an expert taxidermist is well known and established. Under his personal superintendence of the large trained force employed by us in this important branch of our business, the very best work obtainable is guaranteed.

We are ready to furnish and prepare

for museums and the trade; also,headsof large game,artistic articlesfor household ornament and utility, such aspicture groups,panels,screens, and many original novelties in fur and feather, unique in design,

ALL OF WHICH WILL BE ABSOLUTELY MOTH PROOF!

Mr. Webster's long professional experience and reputation as an expert taxidermist is well known and established. Under his personal superintendence of the large trained force employed by us in this important branch of our business, the very best work obtainable is guaranteed.

WE ARE ALSO MANUFACTURING FURRIERS.With Mr. Sowdon's 30 years experience in the trade, we offer a full line ofFur Garments, Animal Rugs,Robes and Fine Furs of every description.

WE ARE ALSO MANUFACTURING FURRIERS.

With Mr. Sowdon's 30 years experience in the trade, we offer a full line of

Fur Garments, Animal Rugs,Robes and Fine Furs of every description.

We carry a full line of fur stock, raw and dressed. With competent designers, fitters and cutters, our patrons are assured of good fitting and well-made garments at reasonable prices. Correspondence solicited.

ENTERPRISING TAXIDERMISTS WILL

The best procurable are those made by

from life studies of living animals.

WHITE CORNERED EYES for the larger animals a specialty, and eyes are made to order on short notice when colored sketches are furnished.

The attention of American taxidermists is called to the fact that for eight years past our glass eyes have been used exclusively by Mr. Hornaday in all the animals mounted by him and under his direction in the U.S. National Museum, and reference to him as to the quality and cost of our goods is hereby made, by permission.

Send for our price-list and diagram of sizes.

WE ALSO MANUFACTURE

GLASS SHADES of all shapes and sizes for the protection ofmounted birds, flowers, wax fruit, etc.

SCIENTIFIC GLASSWARE of every description.

GAUGE TUBING AND CYLINDERS, for Distillers,Brewers, etc.

All kinds of glass work done to order. Established 1862. The oldest and best firm on the continent in the manufacture of Artificial Eyes and Glass Shades. Catalogue free upon application, and careful attention given to mail orders.

Glass Factory on Newtown Creek, near Penny Bridge, Brooklyn, E.D., New York.

Fig 2.

The undersigned manufactures the Patent Brackets and Racks for adjustable shelves (Fig. 1), also Patent Monitor Locks (Fig. 2). These are arranged for all styles of Museum and Book Cases, French Windows, etc. Adopted and recommended by the principal Museums in the United States. Special new and improved machinery for cutting and polishing Minerals, Petrified Wood, etc., by steam or foot power, on hand or furnished to order (Fig. 3).

Fig 1.

Full information given on application to

ELISHA T. JENKS.

Middleborough,

Plymouth Co.,

Mass.

The Best are the Cheapest.THE · UNRIVALLED · SUPERIORITY

OF THESE

Museum Case Locks,Brackets and Racks,

is fully attested by their adoption and generaluse in such Institutions as the following:

Fig 3.

Smithsonian Institution,United States National Museum,Museum of Comparative Zoology,Peabody Museum, Cambridge.Boston Society of Natural History,College of New Jersey, Princeton.Yale College, Vassar College,Brown University,Peabody Academy of Science,College of Charleston, S.C.,and many others.

IN MAKING UP YOUR

ORDER ALL YOUR

FROM

Successors to C. PELLETIER,

(ESTABLISHED 1856,)

For the last eight years we have supplied the U.S. National Museum with all the artificial leaves used by Mr. Hornaday in his animal groups, and refer to him by permission. The most of the leaves thus used were made to order, on short notice and at reasonable prices, from samples furnished us. Fine leaves and tropical plants are our specialty. Let us know your wants, and we will supply them promptly, and to your satisfaction.

OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO MUSEUM BUILDERS.

OF EVERY DESCRIPTION A SPECIALTY.

Our Jars are used largely by the Smithsonian Institution and United States National Museum, and give such satisfaction as is found only in first-class productions.

We have always on hand a large assortment of well preparedSkins for Taxidermists, also finely mounted specimens of native and foreignMammals,Birds,Reptiles,Fishes,etc.

Catalogue 150 pages.Price 30 cents.

Also HEAD SKINS AND ANTLERS. Custom work done in Taxidermy, and in preparing and mounting skeletons.

Minerals, Rocks, Fossils, Casts of Fossils, Geological Relief Maps, Models and Diagrams, Archæological Specimens, and Birds' Eggs.

Skins and Skeletons of Animals, Invertebrates, Crustaceans, Shells, Corals, etc., Anatomical Models, Human Skeletons, Skulls and Skeletons of Races, etc.

Before you can properly understand the practice of Taxidermy, it will be necessary to engage in the work, and attain efficiency by actual practice. To accomplish the best results, it is of vital importance to have the proper tools and materials. Poor tools and materials produce poor results. See to it then, that you are amply provided, and before you purchase, write us for our 24 page Catalogue, devoted entirely toSUPPLIES FOR THE NATURALIST.

We can not only supply any and all of the materials named in the preceding pages, but we can also supply you with

of which we carry thousands of specimens in stock. We specially desire to call your attention to our line of supplies for the

Such asglass eyesof fine grades,leaves and grassesfor case decorations,toolsof all kinds from a skinning knife to an engine lathe,collecting paraphernalia, and a large line ofbookstreating on Natural History.

The only periodical in this country treating directly on matters of special interest to the Field Collector. Price, $1.00 per year.

Office: 409 WASHINGTON ST., BOSTON, MASS.

You may go shooting and get no game, or fishing and catch no fish; but you cannot buy a copy of theForest and Stream(this week or next week or any week) without finding it brimful of capital sketches of shooting and fishing, and papers on natural history and sportsman's travel and experiences, and discussions of yachting and canoeing. A paper for men.

Forest and Streambelieves in the recreation found in the haunts of deer and grouse, and trout and bass. It believes in the common sense that calls a halt in business drive and professional grind, for a holiday with gun, rod, and paddle—if only afterward to drive the faster and grind the harder. It is a journal for those who love the country and life out of doors. It reflects the spirit and records the experiences of the great army of outers. If you have any sympathy with these things, theForest and Streamis just the paper you would like to have come into your home every week. Send for a specimen copy (free on mention of this book), or $4.00 for a year's subscription. Sold by all newsdealers.

BOOKS FOR SPORTSMEN AND NATURALISTS.We make a specialty of books onNATURAL HISTORY, ANGLING, SHOOTING, WOODCRAFT,YACHTING, CANOEING, THE DOG, AND OUTDOORLIFE, RECREATION, AND STUDY.Send for our free illustratedCatalogue of Forest and Stream BooksFOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY,No. 318 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.

Chief Taxidermist U.S. National Museum.

One vol.,8vo, pp. xxii. 512, two folding maps and 51 illustrations. Price, $3.00.

The author relates the experiences of a hunter and naturalist in India, Ceylon, the Malay Peninsula, and Borneo; and certainly no richer hunting-ground could be found anywhere else in the world. Mr. Hornaday is chief taxidermist in the United States National Museum. He was formerly connected with Professor Ward's Natural Science Museum of Rochester, N.Y., and his expedition to the East was in the interests of that establishment. While his book is in some respects like such works as those which Du Chaillu and Sir Samuel W. Baker have written to delight and interest a multitude of readers, he has imparted a vast amount of information, a large part of which is new and of the greatest moment to the naturalist.

Mr. Hornaday started from New York in 1876. From England he went finally south to India, arriving at Bombay; he went across country to Benares; from here he made an expedition to the north to Cawnpore and Agra. From Benares he worked his way to Calcutta, journeyed down the Bay of Bengal to Madras; southward again, he made a complete circuit of Ceylon, than to the Malay Peninsula, and finally to Borneo, where his adventures with the oran-gutan were met, ending his two years of fruitful and entirely successful search. The illustrations are many, and most of them are taken from Mr. Hornaday's own sketches. Though it may seem to be stating much, it certainly may be truly said that a more interesting book of travel and adventures was never published.

"Decidedly the most interesting and instructive book of travel and adventure in the East Indies it has ever been our good fortune to read."—Baltimore News."An entertaining volume.... The author has proved his ability to write a good book of travel."—Morning Post(London)."To the naturalist, Mr. Hornaday's book cannot but be as deeply interesting as to the sportsman and traveller.... It deserved to be distinguished from among the mass of books of sporting adventure."—Melbourne Argus."One of the most entertaining and instructive books of its kind that has been published."—San Francisco Post.

"Decidedly the most interesting and instructive book of travel and adventure in the East Indies it has ever been our good fortune to read."—Baltimore News.

"An entertaining volume.... The author has proved his ability to write a good book of travel."—Morning Post(London).

"To the naturalist, Mr. Hornaday's book cannot but be as deeply interesting as to the sportsman and traveller.... It deserved to be distinguished from among the mass of books of sporting adventure."—Melbourne Argus.

"One of the most entertaining and instructive books of its kind that has been published."—San Francisco Post.

FOOTNOTES:[1]For further particulars, see Two Years in the Jungle. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.[2]For No. 22 use wood powder and a gun-cane. It makes no noise, does not frighten the little birds and mammals, and, if you are wicked enough, you can use it on Sunday.[3]See recipe in Chapter XLV.[4]For detailed instructions in skinning large heads, see Chapter XIX.[5]From Steele's Popular Zoology, by permission of the American Book Company.[6]Some operators open a fish in a straight line along themiddleof one side, but I have never been able to see any reason for this preference.[7]For the best part of the information given under this heading I am indebted to Mr. I. Greegor, the well-known dealer in sea-shells and Florida "curios," at 61 Laura Street, Jacksonville, Fla., who is an acknowledged expert in the treatment of shells, not only in cleaning, but in cutting sections, polishing, etc. I obtained the facts from him while he occupied a very high position in the Smithsonian Institution—in the north tower, at least fifty feet from the ground.[8]If you can not procure annealed wire, take hard iron wire, heat it to redness, and as soon as it reaches that state remove it from the fire and allow it to cool slowly.[9]This specimen received the silver specialty medal awarded "for the best piece in entire Exhibition," at the New York Exhibition of the Society of American Taxidermists, in 1883.[10]At thehoofin the case of all hoofed animals.[11]The cyanide cake is made by pouring plaster of Paris into a mould of proper size and imbedding in it before setting a number of lumps of cyanide of potash.[12]Made and sold by Blake & Co., Philadelphia.

[1]For further particulars, see Two Years in the Jungle. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.

[2]For No. 22 use wood powder and a gun-cane. It makes no noise, does not frighten the little birds and mammals, and, if you are wicked enough, you can use it on Sunday.

[3]See recipe in Chapter XLV.

[4]For detailed instructions in skinning large heads, see Chapter XIX.

[5]From Steele's Popular Zoology, by permission of the American Book Company.

[6]Some operators open a fish in a straight line along themiddleof one side, but I have never been able to see any reason for this preference.

[7]For the best part of the information given under this heading I am indebted to Mr. I. Greegor, the well-known dealer in sea-shells and Florida "curios," at 61 Laura Street, Jacksonville, Fla., who is an acknowledged expert in the treatment of shells, not only in cleaning, but in cutting sections, polishing, etc. I obtained the facts from him while he occupied a very high position in the Smithsonian Institution—in the north tower, at least fifty feet from the ground.

[8]If you can not procure annealed wire, take hard iron wire, heat it to redness, and as soon as it reaches that state remove it from the fire and allow it to cool slowly.

[9]This specimen received the silver specialty medal awarded "for the best piece in entire Exhibition," at the New York Exhibition of the Society of American Taxidermists, in 1883.

[10]At thehoofin the case of all hoofed animals.

[11]The cyanide cake is made by pouring plaster of Paris into a mould of proper size and imbedding in it before setting a number of lumps of cyanide of potash.

[12]Made and sold by Blake & Co., Philadelphia.

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