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with the positive certainty of being in time even for an early breakfast. 

 There are, however, certain individuals who must lament the loss of 

 the old-fashioned brimstone match; for as it is "an ill wind that blows 

 nobody good," so it must be one that comes from all points of the 

 compass at once, that does no one any harm. The entomologists are 

 they to whom I allude, for it is now next to impossible, at least I 

 find it so, to procure even a halfpenny worth of the article once so 

 universally in vogue. But, 'cui bono?' what are the brimstone matches 

 for? The next chapter will tell you; containing, as it will do, a 

 "dissertation on boxing," and that of a pugnacious kind too, albeit 

 altogether peaceful. The solution of the riddle will there be given. 



"POGyO, PUGXAS, PUGXAVI. 



If you can construe the above without conjugating it, somewhat after 

 the same 'ideal' as "malo, malo, malo, malo, quam vivere malo, malo," 

 you will probably be able to understand somewhat of the allusion in 

 the last chapter. 



As I have already recommended the use of but few kinds of nets, 

 so I would give similar advice as to boxes. You must, however, have 

 some of different sorts. They may be made of oak, mahogany, or deal; 

 or one or two of them, of which presently, of tin. First of all, in 

 farther carrying out the principle laid down as to the necessity of 

 a previous state of preparation, you must have a large one, say two 

 feet long, one foot wide, and three inches deep, on the outside. Of 

 course it must be lined with good soft cork, and papered, and, if 

 thought advisable, from time to time whitewashed over, in the way 

 described for the cabinet. A little camphor should be securely fixed 

 in *one of its corners, and be regularly renewed from time to time; or 

 a piece of cotton wool, to be saturated now and then with cajeput 

 oil. It should have a lid projecting above the inside edges of the 

 lower side all round, to keep the dust from penetrating through the 

 interstice when the box is shut together. This box is for carrying about 

 with you from place to place, as a temporary receptacle for your captures 

 when preserved, or any species that you may procure by gift, exchange, 

 or purchase. Of course it must be shaken as little as possible, and, 

 when you are travelling, should be carefully packed in your "portmantel." 



