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them mixing up a dose for an individual who came into the drug store — 

 or whatever they called the place w^here they had this medicine — and the 

 druggist took down different bottles of all sorts of things, and spread out 

 a paper on the counter and laid out a handful of one thing after another, 

 until he had about half a gallon of all sorts of mixtures, which he bottled 

 up, and the Chinaman put it under his arm and went off. 



ScHWARZ : Gentlemen, I suppose you are all familiar with the fact that 

 the Chinese not only use insects for medicine, but they also use them as an 

 article of trade. I think Mr. Mann and many of us must have seen those 

 collections of insects which the Chinese have offered for sale to the Euro- 

 peans who visit Hong Kong and other ports. I have seen several of these 

 sets, always arranged in the same manner and including the same species. 

 The insects are pinned on old English needles and arranged in an artistic 

 figure in a glass-covered box, opening from beneath. 



QuAiNTANCE : Have insects any real medicinal value ? 



ScHWARZ : Well, if you believe in a thing, it will help you, certainly. 



ScHWARZ : Hong Kong is, of course, one of the best known points 

 in regard to entomology, because for many years it has been an English 

 settlement. In regard to Shanghai and the country back of it, the French 

 missionaries have especially taken pains to collect insects as best they 

 could. 



Marlatt : You remind me of something that I had forgotten, in your 

 remarks, Mr. President, namely, that I visited this French missionary 

 establishment situated back of Shanghai, where for many years a certain 

 priest, I think the Rev. Hue, has' studied and collected insects. I went 

 out especially to see him, and had forgotten the event until you reminded 

 me of it. This considerable French mission lies several miles out of 

 Shanghai, and with its big buildings is a very comfortable place, and 

 possesses a large museum, in which are specimens kept as we keep them 

 in our museums, of all sorts of birds and animals of the country, and a 

 considerable collection of insects. The collection of insects was in a 

 number of boxes, but in rather bad condition, and I was informed that the 

 old priest who had been responsible for the museum and its collections 

 was on his deathbed. I did not see him, therefore, but I did examine his 

 collection, and it showed great industry and enthusiasm on his part, in 

 that out-of-the-way corner of the world. His collections were, however, 

 in such a condition that they could not survive very long. 



(To be continued.) 



