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On top of the muslin are placed several layers of wire cloth and papier-mache,
平紋細布上面是多層金屬絲布和混凝紙，
each layer being worked carefully into the crevice of the mold and made moisture-proof by a coat of shellac.
每一層都要嵌入石膏模裂縫中，外部再涂抹一層防潮蟲漆。
This manikin is one of the important features of the Akeley method.
模型是阿克利制作方法的最主要亮點之一。
The papier-mache together with the wire cloth makes the framework strong, light, and lasting.
混凝紙和金屬絲布會讓支架更加穩固和持久，重量也會很輕。
When the last coat of shellac is thoroughly dry,
當最后一層防潮蟲漆完全干透后，
the whole thing is put under water to melt the glue so that the sections of the manikin will come out of the mold.
將所有這些放入水中，我們要讓膠水融化，這樣模型的各個部分都可以脫離石膏模。
The sections are then put together in a clean and perfect likeness of the original clay model.
之后，將各個部分拼湊在一起，和剛剛的泥土模型一模一樣。
Finally, the skin is drawn over the manikin, to which it is carefully cemented.
最后將皮毛放置到模型上，兩者要仔細粘合好。
After various finishing details, the mounted animal is ready to take its place in the habitat group for which it was prepared.
細節問題解決后，將做好的標本模型放到準備已久的棲息地環境中。
Besides the group of African animals which Akeley prepared for the Field Museum,
在菲爾德博物館，除了阿克利喜歡的非洲動物，
there is a series of splendid groups of American animals which has attracted the attention and won the admiration of thousands of visitors.
還有一系列美國動物吸引了數千名游客的眼球和喜愛。
These are the seasonal deer groups, made in Akeley's own shop and later placed in the Field Museum.
這里有季節性鹿標本，這些是在阿克利自己的商店制作完成的，之后供菲爾德博物館展覽。
There are four groups, in which the Virginia deer is shown in each season of the year.
還有四組標本，其中弗吉尼亞鹿會在每個季節展出。
Here are shown the story of the shedding of antlers and the growing of new ones;
這里展示了鹿角脫落和長出新鹿角的故事；
the changing of the short-haired reddish coat of summer to the longer-haired gray coat of winter;
夏天的淺紅色短毛將在冬天變成灰色長毛；
the story of the young and their growth, as well as the entire round of the seasons in the plant life appearing in the backgrounds.
還有幼崽茁壯成長的故事，還有四季的聲音都會呈現在背景當中。
It took Akeley four years to complete these groups, for as he went along he had to work out his method of constructing manikins
阿克利花了四年時間才完成這些作品，在制作過程中，他必須想出制作模型
and of making such background materials as artificial snow, moss, and leaves.
和制作人工雪，人工苔蘚以及人工樹葉等背景材料。
These years were the period of greatest development in Akeley's method of taxidermy.
這些年是他技藝極大提高的幾年。
