WATER-TIGERS. 



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it was once part of a wooden clothes-horseo One 

 end of the stick being 

 split admits the iron 

 hoop, and the two are 

 firmly bound together 

 by strips of stout cot- 

 ton cloth. 



Armed with such 

 an implement as this, 

 one can sweep under 

 the water- weeds and 

 be victorious. But 

 use old calico or 

 something thin for 

 the strainer, or your 

 patience may be ex- 

 hausted while you 

 wait for the water to 

 run out so that you 

 can see your captives. 



Glass fruit- jars or 

 old jelly-glasses make 

 fine homes for beetles 

 and bugs that do not 

 need to come out on 

 dry land at times. A 

 stick or bunch of 

 grass is all the rest- Home-made Dredger. 



ing-place needed by such insects. 



The finest and cheapest receptacles that I have 



