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exceflive heats feemed to compel me not to g6 
abroad, which was however very rare^ I did 
not, on that account, fpend my time In Indo- 
lence. I employed myfelf, in my tent, in 
making fnares to catch animals alive, of every 
ipecies. It will hardly be believed that I In- 
Tented a method of procuring' them with my 
fufee, more entire and In much better condi- 
tion than thofe which I caught in my fnares s 
it was in this manner, however, that I pro* 
cured the fmalleft and moft delicate birds. 
It is highly necefTary that every naturalift 
who labours himfelf In forming a colledion, 
Ciould be acquainted with the method which I 
invented. This exprellion is not too bold ; my 
idea is abfolutely new, for I never heard that 
any perfon ever thought of it before me. 
The manner in which I proceeded was as fol- 
lows: I put a fmailer or larger quantity of pow- 
der into my fufee, according as circumftances 
might require. Immediately above the powder 
I placed the end of a candle about an inch In 
thicknefs, ramming It well down ; after which 
I filled the barrel with water up to the moutlu 
By thefe means, at the proper diftance, when I 
fired at a bird, I only ftunned It, by watering 
and 
