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There is another sort of box made of pasteboard, 

 which we call the hunting-box. It is 10 inches 

 long, 4t wide, and 3 deep. It ought to be oval, like 

 a shuttle, but round at each end, as this is the most 

 convenient form for carrying in the pocket. 



This species of game-bag sferves to receive the 

 insects caught during the day, and we must be care- 

 ful to pin those of a middling size to the bottom, 

 and the smaller ones to the lid. We paste two 

 small round pieces of cork at the two extremities of 

 the lid ; they serve as a pin-cushion, and enable us 

 to open the box with greater ease. 



The rackets or butterfly nets ought to be ten 

 inches in [diameter; the two pieces of wdre which 

 terminate the racket should be fixed in a socket of 

 iron or brass, like a stick. We run some lead 

 nearly a third of the length of the socket, to fix in 

 the ends of the racket, and at the other extremity 

 of this socket, we put in a stick four feet long, 

 which we fix by a nail across the socket and the 

 stick. All round the iron wire which forms the 

 racket, we sew a piece of gauze, which finishes in a 

 rounded point, and which is from fifteen to 

 eighteen inches long. This net serves for catching 

 insects and butterflies on the ground, on flowers, 

 and even in flight. We must observe, when we 

 wish to catch a butterfly on a flower, that the 

 instrument goes from right to left and horizontally; 

 when the insect is in the net, we turn it in our 



