CHAPTER III. 
On Insects. 
THIS branch of natural history has received 
considerable attention; but to obtain even a 
slight knowledge of the subject, much time 
and great labour are required. The collecting 
and preserving of insects, is also attended with 
no small trouble; and what is still worse, it 
seldom repays those who collect with a view 
to profit. 
WE shall proceed to describe the imple- 
ments that are used, and the methods that are 
adopted in catching insects at rest or on the 
wing; but, first, let me advise the Collector 
to handle them as little as possible, lest he 
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