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yard of mosquito netting, a piece of heavy wire, about 

 three feet long, a half inch by three foot dowel stick, 

 and a yard of thin, strong twine. The wire hoops 

 of floor barrels can often be furnished by the children 

 and are about the right size wire. The handle can be 

 whittled from a piece of pine, and string is quite com- 

 mon. The materials are put together as follows: 



The wire is bent into a circle and the two ends are 

 bound to the end of the handle for a distance of three 

 or four inches. The tips of these wire ends are bent 

 at right angles and inserted into the holes in die 

 handle to keep the wire from twisting. In binding 

 this wire to the handle it should be carefully and 

 neatly done, with both ends turned in and without 

 knots. If the butterfly net is to be used vigorously 

 and often, it is economical to get more serviceable ma- 

 terials. 



Probably the best is to make the hoop and handle 

 of one continuous piece of suitable rattan, about the 

 size of the little finger. If it is soaked in water for 

 a day and then bent about a form made by driving 

 nails or pegs of wood in a board and then the handle 

 is bound while it is wet, it wifl remain in thai shape 

 when dry. The net is made of bobbinet. winch costs 

 more than the mosquito netting, but is fli stronger. 



Poison jar. After the buUcifh has been captured 

 it should be quickly placed in a poison jar to stupefy 

 and kill it quickly, so that it win not damage itself by 

 struggling to escape. A good form of poison jar is 

 made of the Atlas Special preserve jar. which has an 



