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not incumber himself with more instruments 

 than can be conveniently used. 



One great employment for this season is 

 searching moss. This should be collected from 

 every possible situation in which it can be found, 

 as roots and trunks of trees, banks in dry, 

 sandy, and marshy places, margins of ponds, 

 and even from the middle of meadows, com- 

 mons, &c. The trouble will be well repaid, as 

 thousands of insects which make it their Winter 

 abode, in Summer entirely desert it. The best 

 times for collecting moss, are morning and 

 evening j for in the middle of the day, many 

 of the insects in mild weather, are either on 

 the wing, or roving about. The moss may 

 be put into bags, made of brown jean, or 

 any other substance of close texture, and tied 

 tight at the mouth, to prevent any insects 

 making their escape. It should be minutely 

 examined at home, by shaking a little at a 

 time over a white dish or plate } a white soup 

 plate is best, as from its depth, few insects can run 

 up the sides. The insects, although in general 



