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RECEIPT 



For taking the Figures of 



BUTTERFLIES 



THIN GUMMED PA^PER. 

 AKE Butterflies, or field Moths, either thofe 



catched abroad, or fuch as arc taken in Ca- 

 terpillars, and nurfed in the houfe till they be 

 Flies, clip off their wings very clofe to their 

 bodies, and lay them on clean paper, in the 

 form of a Butterfly when flying, then have 

 ready prepared gum Arabic, that hath been 

 fome time diflfolved in water, and is pretty 

 thick -, if you put a drop of Ox gall into a 

 fpoonful of this, it will be better for the ufe ; 



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