CHAPTER III. 



On Insects. 



THIS branch of natural history has received 

 considerable attention ; but to obtain even a 

 slight knowledge of the subject, much time 

 and great labour are required. The collecting 

 and preserving of insects, is also attended with 

 no small trouble ; and -what is still worse, it 

 seldom repays those who collect with a view 

 to profit. 



WE shall proceed to describe the imple- 

 ments that are used, and the methods that are 

 adopted in catching insects at rest or on the 

 wing; but, first, let me advise the Collector 

 to handle them as little as possible, lest he 

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