EXPERT TAXIDERMY.
A man who considered himself to be a connoisseur in bird-stuffinjr used io critiI cisc other people's handiwork severely. Walking with a_ friend ono day, he stoppod at a. window where- a gigantic owl was exhibited., _ "You see," said the connoisseur to his friend, "there is a- magnificent bird utterly ruined by unskilful stuffing. Noticetho mounting. Execrable, isn't it? No living owl over roosted in that position. And tho eyes are fully a third larger than any owl ever possessed." At that moment the bird raised one foot and solemnly blinked at its critic.
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Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 41, 16 February 1918, Page 11
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96EXPERT TAXIDERMY. Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 41, 16 February 1918, Page 11
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