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bad as not to be worth keeping, they can at the 

 worst be thrown away when they arrive in Eng- 

 land. 



" It is necessary to mention that butterflies should 

 not, like other insects, be held to the fire to be 

 killed, because the fire will crimple and shrivel up 

 their wings and spoil them ; neither should they be 

 thrown into hot water, a pinch with the finger and 

 thumb, as mentioned before, will be sufficient to 

 kill them. 



" Whatever quantity is collected (either little or 

 great) is desired to be brought to Mr. Drury, at the 

 corner of Love Lane, in Wood Street, near Cheap- 

 side, who will give sixpence a piece for them, either 

 large or small." 



But these means, however extensive the scale on 

 which they were conducted, were not he only ones 

 adopted by Drury to extend his collection, and ren- 

 der it (which was the great object of his ambition) 

 one of the best at that time existing. He caused 

 many advertisements to be inserted in foreign news- 

 papers, soliciting specimens either by purchase or 

 exchange. By the latter method he obtained many 

 fine examples, particularly from Holland, where col- 

 lectors were numerous, even at a time when the 

 subject was little attended to in this country. 

 Among his correspondents in that quarter may be 

 mentioned Baron Ranger, chamberlain to the Prince 

 of Orange, Dr. Gische, Sepp of Amsterdam, and 

 Ammiral at the Hague. Pallas also, with whom 

 he was on intimate terms, was of great service, both 



