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that the point of the pin shall pass through 

 the upper sheet of paper and then the 

 lower, and be retained by the latter. The 

 frame must not, therefore, rest upon the 

 bottom, otherwise the pin point could not 

 pass beyond the lower sheet. It is found 

 that two sheets of paper, with an intervening 

 space of f-inch, hold the pins nearly as 

 well as cork. If a hole widens and the pin 

 slackens, it can be steadied by pasting a 

 tiny patch of white adhesive paper over the 

 hole. A small pill-box should be glued in 

 one corner of every store -box, and filled with 

 camphor or naphthalene to keep off insects. 

 The three fatal enemies of a collection are 

 dust, mites, and light. 



The reader, who has followed me thus far, 

 has made the acquaintance of many objects 

 which he is sure to meet, at one time or 

 other, during his rambles afield in almost any 

 part of the British Isles. He has also been 

 shown how to record the result of his 

 observations, and how to form and preserve 

 a collection of specimens. At this point I 

 shall stop. To expatiate upon the delights of 

 Nature study would be unnecessary, if the 



