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a Sheet of clean Paper on it, and on that a heavy Book, or fome fuch Thing, to 
prefs it ; After which it may be preferved in a Frame covered with a Glafs. 
• I {hall add to this Receipt another that may ferve to decorate the former, which is 
a Way to take the Figures of Bufterfiies on thin gum’d Paper, which may be cut out 
and fluck into other Pidlures by Way of Embellidiment. 
Take Butterflies, or Field Moths, either thofe catched abroad, or fuch as are taken 
in Caterpillars, 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 
dying, then have ready prepared Gum Arabic, that hath been fome Time diffolved in 
Water, and is pretty thick \ if you put a Drop of Ox Gall into a Spoonful of this, 
it will be better for the Ufe 5 temper them well with your Finger, and fpread a 
little of it on a Piece of thin white Paper, big enough to take both Sides of your 
Fly j when it begins to be clammy under your Finger, the Paper is in proper Order 
to take the Feathers from the Wings of the Fly, then lay the gum’d Side on the 
Wings, and it will take them up, then double your Paper fo as to have all the Wings 
between the Paper, then lay it on a Table, preffing it clofe with your Fingers ; and 
you may rub it gently with fome fmooth hard Thing j then open the Paper, and 
take out the Wings, which will come forth tranfparent : The Down of the upper and 
under Side of the Wings, fticking to the gum’d Paper, form a jud Likenefs of both 
Sides of the Wings in their natural Shapes and Colours. 
The Nicety of taking off Flies depends on, a juft Degree of Moifture of the gum’d 
Paper, for if it be too wet, all will be blotted and confufed, and if too dry, your 
Paper will ftick fo faft together, that it will be torn in Separation. When you have 
opened your gum’d Papers, and they are dry, you muft draw the Bodies from the 
natural Ones, and paint them in Water-Colours; you muft take a Paper that will 
bear Ink very well for this Ufe, for a finking Paper will feparate with the Wet, and 
fpoil all. 
I never heard that ever thefe Things were known or pradifed in England, before 
I difeovered and performed them myfelf, fo I hope they will be acceptable to the 
Curious, infeefts bring to my Mind a very curious and laborious Work now perform- 
ing at Nuremberg in Germany, by Auguftus John Rofel, which, for its Accuracy, and 
ftridl keeping to Nature, far exceeds any Thing of the Kind that has fallen under 
my Obfervation: It is now publifhing Monthly by the Author, who has far advanced 
in the Work. I have feen what Numbers are publifhed, fo finely ingraved and co- 
loured by the Author, that they almoft equal original Drawings. 
It is now Time to clofe this Volume of Birds: I believe I fhall publifli nothing 
firther, but if I Ihould continue to amufe myfelf on any Natural Subjedf, it will fo far 
differ ffom this Work, that it will require quite another Title, and will be no Part of 
what is already publiflied. 
The uncommon Mixture of a Geographical Chart, and the Figures of Natural 
Things in the laft Plate of this Book, perhaps may not at firft be comprehended 
by every Reader, which obliges me to give it a little Explanation. I have been a 
little Way out of my native Country, and finding I had Space in my laft Plate 
( without interrupting the Subject Matter) to ingrave fuch Parts of Europe as I had 
2 vifited. 
