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quainted with, and as wasps are great enemies to 

 the orchard and fruit-garden,' I commend it also to 

 the attention of farmers : 



Procure a strong solution of cyanide of potassium 

 (prussic acid) and having thoroughly wetted there- 

 with a doubled piece of lint about six inches 

 square, place the lint at the mouth of the hole, so 

 that the wasps cannot well obtain ingress or 

 egress without settling on it. Every wasp crawl- 

 ing over or alighting on the lint will be in- 

 stantaneously killed, and twenty-four hours will 

 commonly be found sufficient to enable the comb 

 to be dug out without difficulty. 



PASTES. 



Having tried most of the pastes described in 

 Angling manuals, the result of my experience is 

 that there is no paste so good as a simple one of 

 white bread-crumb, and made thus : put a lump of 

 crumb into a pocket-handkerchief, and having 

 twisted it up, dip it in water, giving it a few 

 squeezes whilst immersed so as to eject the air, 

 and substitute water. Then wring the crumb as 

 dry as may be in the handkerchief, and taking it 



