26 PACKING SPECIMENS ALREADY EXPANDED, &C. 



would got you into trouble, but also your consignee, and the party or company 

 who transport your packages; the penalty would be heavy fines and total 

 confiscation of your box or package. 



You now have your butterflies all pinned tightly in the box which presents 

 a beautiful mosaic of tints and shades that the art of man is futile to imitate ; 

 after giving them a last admiring look, you may with a brush smear a little 

 creosote on the inside of the lid here and there, not slop it on, but rub a little 

 back and forward with the hair pencil till nearly dry, as it were ; then put 

 the lid on and paste it fast with strips of strong paper, so that neither vermin, 

 dust, or anything else can get in secure every place ; thus they are safely 

 shut in, though you can still get a peep at a small portion of the contents 

 through the glass placed in the lid for the delight of the Custom House 

 officials. 



You have now four of these boxes filled and pasted shut (the paste is en- 

 tirely dry by this time) ; these, when placed on each other, make a bulk of 

 13 inches long, 10 inches Avide, and 8i high, allowing for some fine hay or 

 layers of old, soft paper to be placed between each. What you next require is 

 a tight box, made of strong, light, i inch wood, to be in the clear 16 inches 

 long, 13 inches wide and 12 inches deep; in this you must put fine, dry 

 marsh hay, tow or other soft, springy material, to the depth of 1| inches, then 

 place in one of your boxes of butterflies, all around which, after it is in, will 

 be 1J inch space ; this space you fill with more hay don't pack tight, only 

 moderately, so that there is a little spring, as it were then put on top of this 

 box of butterflies, just packed in, a thin Mayer of hay or a few thicknesses of 

 old, soft paper, and put in then your next box and pack hay around it, and 

 so on until the four boxes are in ; there will be then If inches space between 

 the last box of butterflies and the top of the wooden box enclosing them ; fill 

 this with more hay not too tight packed, yet not too loose and screw on the 

 lid of the wooden box ; don't nail it, by any means always screw it do not 

 use more screws than are necessary, but still enough, then direct plainly as 

 follows : 



SPECIMENS OF NATURAL HISTORY INSECTS. 

 Handle Carefully and Keep Dry Fragile. 



Name of party to receive the box, 



No. and Street, 



City, Town or Village, 



County, Shire, Canton, &c., as the case may be, 



Kingdom, Republic, Principality, &c., as the case may be, 



Europe, U. S. of N. Anierica, &c., as the case may be. 



Care of, or via 



MORRIS EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN EXPRESS, 



Office, 50 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 



