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then fet it down again, and in about half an 

 hour after, have a vefTel with water ready ; 

 take the hive and plunge it a little way into 

 the water ; then ftrike fmartly on the top of 

 the hive, and the hornets will fall into the 

 water, and by a pair of tongs may be crufhed 

 to death. Or, the hive may be clofely 

 flopped up till morning; and then taking it 

 into a room, raife the edge next the window : 

 the hornet will fly direclly thereto, and may 

 readily be cut in two by fciffars, crufhed, or 

 knocked down. 



Their nefts are ufually hung on the raft- 

 ers, beams, or roofs of barns, or out-houfes, 

 or fixed in hollow trees. They refemble a 

 globe of browni (h paper. 



The nest may be taken by prepar- 

 ing a large-mouthed bag, with a running 

 firing, to draw the mouth clofe. On a rainy 

 day, or in an evening, put on the bee-dreis, 

 and with great ftilnefs approach the neft, 

 and draw the bag gently over it ? inftantly 

 pulling the mouth fo clofe, that not a hornet 

 may efcape. Separate it from the parts 

 it may be attached to, by a long knife, 

 plunge it into a proper depth of water, and 

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