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like the one shown in Fig. 37. I told one corner 

 to the centre as shown by the crease in Fig. 38, then 

 bend the other half over as 

 shown in Fig. 39, after which 

 I bend the flap F (Fig. 39) 

 over it as shown by Fig. 40. 

 If the butterfly is care- 

 fully placed in the triangular 

 envelope and then put in a 

 box carried in your pocket 

 for that purpose, it will be 

 safe from injury until you 

 reach home. If it is too dry 

 for the spreading board, 

 place it on some wet sand in ^^ 

 a box and tlie moisture will 

 soften it and make it pliable, tiow to use jin^enveiope for a 



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These are not the sort which you can see stand- 

 ing in front of the bar-rooms and saloons, although 

 they too are almost as soft-bodied creatures as the 

 caterpillars, grub-worms and spiders which we are 

 talking about and which we want to preserve, and 

 here is where all our homoeopathic pill vials come 

 into play. Fig. 41 shows an ordinary pasteboard 



