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frotn ants, whicli establisli colonies inside the skin, 

 wlience tliey sally out to gnavv the eyelids, the base oi' 

 the bill and the feet; arsenic they laugh to scorn, and 

 and there is absolutely nothing that will keep them a- 

 way but water- isolation, which again requires space and 

 constant care to keep perfect. When to these are ad- 

 ded insect specimens by thousands, requiring still 

 greater care, the mere labour of vvatching the collections 

 during the time they must remain exposed to the air, 

 to sunshine, and often to artificial heat, is greater 

 than a collector in a temperate climate, and residing 

 in weather-tight rooray iiouses, can have any concep- 

 tion of. These reuiarks are merely my apology for 

 not collecting everything , which stay-at-home natura- 

 lists often imagine may be as easily done anywhere 

 else as in Engeland. 



