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almoft devoured by ants, before they became dry 

 and hard. To prevent injuries of this kind, a 

 little powdered corrofive fublimate, arfenic, or 

 ftavefacre, may be fprinkled upon thefe produc- 

 tions. Some of the fmall, and branches of the 

 large ones, might be alfo put into fpirits, and the 

 parts of them thereby preferved much more 

 diftincl ; which would ferve greatly to illuftrate 

 their natural hiftory. 



