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boiling water, and covering the top close ; or 

 by placing them on a plate under an inverted 

 tumbler, and setting it before the fire for a mi- 

 nute or two. I hive known gentlemen to put 

 colleopterous insects, as beetles, wasps, &c. in- 

 to a commo i pocket bottle half full of spirits, 

 with which they have travelled some days, and 

 brought them home quite perfect. 



THE intestines of butterflies, and large in- 

 sects, should be extracted; which may be 

 done by cutting a slit with a fine-pointed 

 pair of scissars, at the extremity of the bo- 

 dy, and gently pressing them out; a small 

 roll of cotton or paper, dipped in the pre- 

 servative soap, should then be introduced to 

 keep the body in its natural form. 



INSECTS have been frequently rendered less 

 interesting, by packing them in cotton, which 

 is perhaps one of the worst substances that 



