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every time we look at them, we shall be reminded of the 

 entire scene in which we took them. 



Let us therefore begin, and catch of these various 

 butterflies that this pleasant May day has brought out. 

 For this purpose we prefer a ring net a -ring about 

 fifteen inches diameter, made of cane or metal, and fixed 

 on to the end of a walking-stick, the ring bearing a net 

 made of net, lino or book-muslin of such length that the 

 arm of the collector can just reach to the bottom, and 

 the net must on no account terminate in a point, but 

 its apex should be rounded, lest when any insects are 

 caught they should be forced into the narrow end of 

 the net, and there damage themselves in their efforts to 

 escape. 



Armed with this net, we sally forth, and catch an 

 Orange Tip. But stop ! what are we to do with it 

 now it is caught ? We must have with us a sufficient 

 provision of pill-boxes into which we transfer the insects 

 captured. Bringing the pill-box over the Orange Tip 

 in question, as it flutters at the bottom of the net, we 

 press the pill-box against the side of the net and then 

 adroitly slip the lid on. Proceeding in this way we 

 return to the house in a short time with sundry White 

 Butterflies, two or three Orange Tips, some Little 

 Blues, and one Small Copper. 



To kill the insects so captured, take four dozen young- 

 laurel leaves (common laurel, not Portuguese laurel) 

 bruise them by hammering two at a time on a flat stone 

 and cut them with a pair of scissors into small shreds, 

 and place them at the bottom of a wide-mouthed jar 

 (a glass jar with a ground glass stopper is best). Into 

 this jar drop the pill-boxes containing the captures, and 

 close the jar tightly by the glass stopper or cork. In 



