INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. ll 
arms below the elbows. The trousers should be tied 
over the ankles to prevent crawling wasps gaining 
access that way, and it is better that these should 
not have been worn thin in parts, nor be of the 
lightest summer material. A wide-brimmed hat; a 
strong net veil, sewn together down the back and 
the lower edge tucked carefully under the coat collar ; 
and a handkerchief packed under the chin, make the 
armour complete. The veil should not be so loose or 
light as to be readily blown against the nose or ears, 
for such points of contact will be immediately 
pounced upon by the angry swarm. I have found 
these precautions quite sufficient for the safe capture 
of any wasps’ nest. I never had an opportunity of 
taking a hornets’ nest, but I should be inclined in 
such case to proportion the thickness of my-clothing 
to the length of their stings, and would put on a 
good substantial suit of fustian forthe occasion. 
As soon as the nest has been secured (which is 
rather hot work on a summer's day, in a close fitting 
suit), carry it some twenty yards or more from the 
place whence it hasbeen taken. For then the wasps, 
as they fly out, will return to their homestead and 
leave you unmolested. If the swarm is wanted with 
the nest, for experiment, they should be transferred, 
with as little delay and the loss of as few wasps as 
possible, to a box which has been so prepared as to | 
allow of its being easily got outagain. In the absence 
of any such preparation it should be simply turned 
upside down, as it will travel safest in this position. 
But the best way is to transfix the nest on the spot, 
through the dry hard upper part, with one or more 
wires, according to its weight. If the ends of these 
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