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they being equally as valuable ; * and let him take 

 all the various sorts he possibly can. 



" "When he gets home let him take out all that 

 are alive (except butterflies and moths), and stick- 

 ing a few at a time on the end or edge of a piece of 

 wood or stick, &c. let him hold them to the fire (but 

 not so close as to scorch or burn them), and he will 

 find this will quickly kill them ; or by throwing 

 them into boiling hot water, they will be killed in 

 a few moments, without injuring them, if they are 

 taken out as soon as they are dead. Afterwards 

 they must be stuck in the large square box, taking 

 care not to move them after they are fixed there on 

 any account, for fear of breaking off their horns or 

 legs, which will much lessen their value ; therefore 

 be careful to preserve these parts, and don't place 

 them in the large box till they are quite dead, be- 

 cause they will pull and tear one another to pieces 

 with their claws, if they are alive and placed near 

 each other. This box being lined at top and bot- 

 tom with cork, like the small one, is to be considered 

 as the repository or receptacle for all he catches. 



u This method is much better than putting them 



* Collectors of insects in foreign countries will do well to 

 observe that, in the present day, the smaller species, and those 

 least remarkable for brilliancy of colour or other peculiarities, 

 are most likely to prove new, and therefore of greatest scien- 

 tific interest. It is not to be supposed that very many of the 

 most conspicuous species, except in certain regions, have 

 escaped the diligent researches made for them: among the 

 more minute and microscopic kinds, however, a rich harvest 

 may yet be expected. 



