So that, were you to
proportion your eye to the size the orbit is capable of receiving, it would
be far too large. Inattention to this has caused the eyes of every specimen
in the best cabinets of natural history to be out of all proportion. To
prevent this, contract the orbit by means of a very small delicate needle
and thread at that part of it farthest from the beak. This may be done with
such nicety that the stitch cannot be observed; and thus you have the
artificial eye in true proportion.
After this touch the bill, orbits, feet and former oil-gland at the root of
the tail with the solution, and then you have given to the hawk everything
necessary, except attitude and a proper degree of elasticity, two qualities
very essential.
Procure any common ordinary box, fill one end of it about three-fourths up
to the top with cotton, forming a sloping plane. Make a moderate hollow in
it to receive the bird. Now take the hawk in your hands and, after putting
the wings in order, place it in the cotton with its legs in a sitting
posture.
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