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small are not the less valuable^ and should be care- 

 fully preserved, and put into quills as collected j 

 they may be killed, by holding the quills in scald- 

 ing water for a few seconds 3 and should then be 

 pierced, or gummed upon wedges of stiff 

 paper, as hereafter directed. If the labour of 

 examining moss be too great for a person 

 merely collecting for a friend, a quantity col- 

 lected from various places would not be an 

 unacceptable present^ and might be sent, tied 

 securely, in a large bag. Roots of grass, grow- 

 ing on banks, sides of ditches, ponds, roots of 

 trees, &c. should be pulled up and shaken into 

 an umbrella, a sheet of brown paper, or a 

 pocket handkerchief. This will be found a pro- 

 fitable mode of collecting, and may be pursued 

 at most seasons of the year with success. 



Many insects are found by pulling off the 

 bark from decayed trees, with the digger. They 

 will generally be found to adhere to the bark or 

 body of the tree, and must be carefully touched, 

 to prevent their falling. A wet finger will be 

 found the best mode of takinir the small ones. 



