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boiling water, and covering the top close; or 
by placing them on a plate under an inverted 
tumbler, and setting it before the fire for a mi- 
nute or two. I have known gentlemen to put 
colleopterous insects, as beetles, wasps, &c. in- 
to a common pocket bottle hall fal of spirits, 
with which they have travelled some days, and 
brought them home quite perfect. 
THE intestines of butterflies, and large in- 
sects, should be extracted; which may be 
done by cutting a slit with a fine-pointed 
pair of scissars, at the extremity of the bo- 
dy, and gently pressing them out; a small 
roll of cotton or paper, dipped in the pre- 
servative soap, should then be introduced to 
keep the body in its natural form. 
Insects have been frequently rendered less 
interesting, by packing them in cotton, which 
is perhaps one of the worst substances that 
