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INSTRUCTIONS 



FOR 



KILLING AND PRESERVING 

 INSECTS. 



Before entering on the subject of the best 

 method of killing and preserving insects, a 

 word or two may not be out of place on the 

 subject of cruelty^ with which the collector is 

 so often charged. This, to say the least of it, 

 is inconsiderate, for the very person who would 

 feel shocked at the idea of killing a beetle, 

 would the next moment eat a living oyster, 

 or partake of eels, skinned^ and very probably 

 fried alive, without a symptom of remorse : so 

 much for consistency ! But, as the excellent 



