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Si's ideas of perfection might differ from those of a trained taxidermist; indeed, these same Owls afforded Yan no little amusement in later years, but for the present they were an unmitigated joy. They were just the same in position. Si knew only one; all his birds had that.
"You think she is no Corphal, then, I-Gos?" he asked, wishing to carry the subject from the man who was still at large. "No more than you," replied the ancient taxidermist. O-Tar looked long and searchingly at Tara of Helium. All the beauty that was hers seemed suddenly to be carried to every fibre of his consciousness.
Monsieur Guillaudeu, the naturalist and taxidermist of the Museum, has been attached to that establishment since the year it was founded, 1810. He is a Frenchman, and has read everything upon Natural History that was ever published in his own or in the English language. He is now seventy-five years old, but is lively as a cricket, and takes as much interest in Natural History as he ever did.
"Not quite a menagerie," said Sir Philip. "Merely the stuffed remains of some animals Phil used to keep as a youngster. When they died as they invariably did he used to skin them and stuff them. He was quite an expert taxidermist." "Tell them about your museum exhibit, Philip," said Miss Heredith, with quite an animated air.
As the three of us crossed over and took seats on my veranda, we were joined by the neighbor whose garden-trees I have mentioned; the man of whom I have told you, how he failed to strike a bargain with old Manouvrier, the taxidermist. He was a Missourian, in the produce business, a thoroughly good fellow, but well oh !
In 1819 he was offered the position of taxidermist in the museum at Cincinnati, and soon moved there with his family. His pay not being forthcoming from the museum, he started a drawing school there, and again returned to his portraits. Without these resources, he says, he would have been upon the starving list. But food was plentiful and cheap.
Kolderup, where the animal came from?" said the celebrated taxidermist, presenting his bill. "No, I do not," answered Uncle Will. "But it had a label underneath its carapace." "A label!" exclaimed Godfrey. "Here it is," said the celebrated taxidermist. And he held out a piece of leather on which, in indelible ink, were written these words,
The carriage drove to No. 8 Rue Contrescarpe. I looked closely at the house and read a sign near the door with the following card: 'Monsieur Magloire, taxidermist. The lady got out and rang the bell, but to no purpose. Becoming bolder she knocked at the door. A sliding window was opened and a gruff voice asked: "'Well, what do you want? "'I have a letter to deliver, said the lady softly.
Now Bones was born with a genius to flay: He might have ranked, had he lived to-day, As a capital taxidermist: And yet, as he tugged, they heard him say, Of all the backs that ever lay Before him in a professional way, That was of all backs the firmest. Kind reader, allow me to drop a veil In pity; I cannot pursue the tale In the heartless tone of the last strophe.
"An' wheer's he to come through?" says I. "Learoyd, my man," he sings out, "you're a pretty man av your inches an' a good comrade, but your head is made av duff. Isn't our friend Orth'ris a Taxidermist, an' a rale artist wid his nimble white fingers? An' what's a Taxidermist but a man who can thrate shkins?
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