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For shipping cephalopods and slugs preserved in alcohol, pack 

 the containers carefully to prevent breakage. With these speci- 

 mens use labels of a good grade paper that will not disintegrate 

 when wet. 



Fig. 42. — An octopus. 



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The collector of insects must have, first and most important, 

 a good killing bottle, and second, some sort of a net. Any 

 wide-mouth bottle, such as a pickle bottle, will do for the first. 

 If it has no stopper, whittle one from a piece of wood. If 

 cyanide is available (it can sometimes be had at a drug store 

 or photographic supply house), wrap a piece the size of a lima 

 bean in damp, soft paper and ram it tightly in the bottom of 

 the bottle. In handling cyanide remember that it is a deadly 

 poison. Cut a piece of blotting paper to fit tightly over the plug 



