THE CATER PIT LAR HUNTER. 
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As to accommodation they are not hard to please, 
Any box will do, but some kinds must have light. 
Infants fresh from the egg are often very difficult to rear. 
I always keep them in glass tubes, or small bottles, tightly 
corked. This keeps the leaves fresh for several days, 
and the silly things cannot wander and lose themselves. 
Ventilation, fresh air and sanitation are wants of modern 
civilization, to which caterpillars have not yet adapted 
themselves, and I never found them to suffer from this 
corking up unless the bottle got so dirty and damp that 
mould set in. But why should I go into details and cheat 
you of the pleasure of finding out ? I always feel 
thankful when I call to mind that in my early days I 
had no books. 
