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Other necessary equipments for the fly-catcher are 

 two or three light wooden boxes, as large as can conve- 

 niently be carried in the pockets, and having either the 

 bottom, or, if deep enough, both bottom and top lined 

 with a layer of cork, about one-eighth of an inch in 

 thickness. 



A pin-cushion, well furnished with entomological 

 pins, should also be carried, and will be found to be 

 most accessible when suspended by a loop and button 

 (or otherwise) inside the breast of the coat. 



The pins here mentioned, which are an important 

 item among butterfly-collecting requisites, are of a 

 peculiar manufacture very small-headed, long and 

 thin, but strong. Any good London dealer will supply 

 them on application, or send them by post into the 

 country. 



Armed with the above simple paraphernalia, viz. 

 net to catch, boxes and pins to contain and detain, the 

 insect hunter may sally forth on any fine summer's day, 

 with a pretty sure prospect of sport, and the chance, at 

 least, of a prize. Much depends, however, on the 

 choice of a day, and the nature of the locality that is 

 to form the hunting ground. 



As to weather, it must be remembered that winged 

 insects have a great objection to face a north, or north- 

 east wind, during the prevalence of which you will 

 probably find hardly one stirring, however prolific the 

 locality may at other times be. 



Butterflies, as a rule, do not appear to be at all in- 



