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of enormous size, which are
worth from $5’00 to $25’00 here
in this state, I have a Black
Booby’s skin stuff^ed, - (shot here a
few day's since,) there are many
other bird here ^which are very rare.
The “Little Grebe,” an expert diver, whose
beak resembles, the common dung hill
fowl, and feet semi-web^bed.
I have also an animal of the
Cat. Kind resembling the “Puma”
whose skin I have stuffed
Please drop me a line, advising
the best mode of preserving skins
with Arsenic, and the manner
of taking them off, especially birds
Adress D^r R. S. Hallock
Hamlin-Grove, Audubon Co,
Iowa

Yours &c
RS Hallock

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of enormous size, which are
worth from $5’00 to $25’00 here
in this state, I have a Black
Booby’s skin stuffed, - (shot here a
few day's since,) there are many
other bird here which are very rare.
The “Little Grebe,” an expert diver, whose
beak resembles, the common dung hill
fowl, and feet semi-webbed.
I have also an animal of the
Cat, Kind resembling the “Puma”
whose skin I have stuffed
Please drop me a line, advising
the best mode of preserving skins
with Arsenic, and the manner
of taking them off, especially birds
Adress Dr R. S. Hallock
Hamlin-Grove, Audubon Co,
Iowa

Yours &c
RS Hallock

The pocket-gofer is the farmer’s drea[page cut off]