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case we take away the smallest possible piece of the 

 pincer, and extract all the flesh by this hole, and 

 then replace this little piece. Large crustaceae 

 should be packed in middling-sized cases, between 

 layers of cotton or flax, pressed in such a manner 

 that they cannot rub in the carriage. The small- 

 sized Crustacea do not require to be emptied, but 

 we must put them for an hour or two in fresh water. 

 We dry them and pack them as the large ones, 

 after having wrapped them in paper, that a claw may 

 not be lost if it happen to separate. 



As to the very small ones, about the size of a 

 three-shilling piece, after having put them in fresh 

 water and dried them, we fix them on a large pin 

 towards the posterior part of the shell of the 

 back, and to transport them, we pin them strongly 

 in a double box of cork, which we fill up with cotton 

 or flax. 



INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRESERVING AND TRANS- 

 PORTING INSECTS. 



ASIA, Africa, and South America, are the parts 

 of the world which are richest in insects of the most 

 beautiful kinds. 



We will therefore suppose that we are pro- 

 vided for a voyage in one of these countries; for 

 we must recollect that we require fewer things 

 to collect those of Europe, being always within 

 the reach of supplies. 



