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of confinement ; added to which they may change their dress du- 

 ring their imprisonment, which out of a considerable number 

 many will be found to do in the course of twelve or fourteen 

 hours, when they will, from the tenderness of the wings in their 

 new attire, become almost useless for dapping, as they will assume 

 a drowned appearance almost the instant they touch the water. 

 The best thing to carry fern webs and tab flies in, is a common 

 tin flour dredge, but without the handle, and should have small 

 holes for the admission of air punched in the sides as well as on 

 the top. A few bramble leaves, or a slip or two of fern should be 

 put in with them, as well for food as to prevent their crowding too 

 closely on each other, and in this manner, by changing the leaves 

 occasionally, you may preserve them alive for several days. 

 Grasshoppers may be kept in the same manner, but they are far 

 more tender than the fern webs, and if too crowded they will soon 

 all die. 



