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Insects may be found almost every- 

 Insects. 



where; look especially for all beetles 



under stones, under bark of decayed trees, on the 

 inside of ditto, on felled ditto, on trunks of ditto 

 (especially those that have the sap running from 

 them), by beating the boughs into a net or sheet, 

 smoking under and burning inside hollow trees, on 

 long grass or herbage, on flowers, under rubbish 

 (especially on the slopes of mountains, and in 

 marshy places), under sea-weed at the sea-side, and 

 indeed they are to be found almost everywhere in 

 warm climates, especially in open places in woods, 

 and on the slopes of hills, and are generally most 

 abundant in a light sandy soil, and in and after 

 the rainy seasons : they may be collected either 

 by picking with the hands, or by sweeping and 

 brushing with a net, according to the situation : 

 the larger ones may either be put separately into 

 pill or other boxes, or else immersed at once into 

 a bottle of clear spirit, when they almost immedi- 

 ately die ; and may either remain in the spirit, 

 and be sent in this way to England (if possible 



