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strongly impregnated with camphor, the insects 

 soon become stupefied, and are thus prevented 

 from fluttering, and injuring their plumage. 



In hot climates, insects of every kind, but 

 particularly the larger, are liable to be eaten 

 by ants and other small insects, especially be- 

 fore they are perfectly dry. To avoid this, the 

 piece of cork on which the insects are stuck 

 in order to be dried, should be suspended from 

 the ceiling of a room, by means of a slender 

 string or thread, covered with bird-lime, or 

 some adhesive substance, to intercept vermin 

 in their passage. 



After the insects are properly dried, they 

 may be placed in the cabinet or boxes where 

 they are to remain. These boxes should be 

 kept dry, and also made to shut very close, to 

 prevent small insects from destroying them ; 

 the bottoms of the boxes should be covered 

 with pitch, or green wax, over which paper 

 may be laid, or, which is better, lined with 

 cork, well impregnated with a solution of a 

 quarter of an ounce of corrosive sublimate, in 



