CHAPTER III. 



On Insects. 



THIS branch of natural history has received 

 considerable attention; but to obtain even a 

 slig^ht knowledge of the subject, much time and 

 great labor are required. The collecting and 

 preserving of insects, is also attended with no 

 small trouble; and what is still worse, it sel- 

 dom repays those who coUect with a view to 

 profit. 



We shall proceed to describe the implements 

 that are used, and the methods that are adopted 

 in catching insects at rest or on the wing; but 



