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means of collecting them would be 
fuperfluous. 
Molt of them require to be preferred 
in fome kind of fpirits, as fpirits of 
wine, rum, brandy, &c. Such of them 
indeed as are inclofed in hard fhells, 
may be preferved dry, in the fame 
manner as the infedts of the Beetle 
kind. 
As the collector will have frequent 
occafion for the ufe of cork, both to 
line his boxes with, and to fet his infedts 
on, we fhall informhim how to prepare 
it for ufe. 
He may procure the cork in large 
pieces at any of the cork-cutters. 
Thefe muff be cut into fmaller ones ; 
and in order to make the cork flat, 
it is held before the fire till it becomes 
hot 
