24 THE entomologist's kecokd. 



I'll give you my experience of somethinoj new and strange, 



That's said to do just all you want, within a certain range. 



You get some imre Wood Naphtha — " syn " Pyroxylic Sj^irit, 



And then you get a tiny brush and dip the end within it. 



You next take up your lovely moth by the pin that's through his chest, 



And turn him straightway upside down, and so expose his breast ; 



Most carefully the brush apply, unto each shoulder joint, 



Let it i<oak in, for minutes three, the parts that you anoint. 



You now must take the little moth, and pin him straight and smooth 



Upon a proper setting board, the body in the groove. 



Then, with a needle fine and curved, you raise his little wing ; 



You'll find it move quite easily, you'll say it's just the thing. 



'Tis best to put a bristle on while you are at the work. 



And last of all you brace it down — the wing will never shirk. 



When four and twenty hours have passed, you take it oflf the board 



And place it in your cabinet, its symmetry restored. 



I've tried it on Pronuha, that was very old and dry, 



And Polyodon also, whose wings were all awry ; 



And now they shine resplendent, with wings both straight and true, 



I hope that these instructions will act the same with you. 



But whether unset specimens will answer in this way, 



I really cannot tell you, and history doesn't say. 



EDifoi^i/iii ploi'ieE. 



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