5 6 Of preparing and applying Objects* 
Way, we muft reft con fen ted with viewing 
the true Form apd Shape of an Objed, with¬ 
out expedirig to find its natural Colour, 
iince no Shadow can poffibly wear the Co¬ 
lours of the Body it reprefents. 
CHAP. XIV. 
Of prep dr mg and applying Objects. 
M OST Objeds require fome Manage¬ 
ment, in order to bring them proper¬ 
ly before the Glafles.—If they are flat and 
tranfparent, and fuch as will not be injured 
by Prefliire, the beft Method is to inclofe 
them in Sliders, between two Mufcovy Talcs 
or Ifmglafs. This Way the Feathers of 
Butterflies, the Scales of Fifhes, the Farinas 
of Flowers, &c. the feveral Parts, and even 
whole Bodies of minute Infeds, and a 
thoufand other Things, may very conve¬ 
niently be preferred. Every curious Obferver 
will therefore have them always ready to 
receive any accidental Objed, and fecure it 
for future .Examination : and a Dozen or 
two of thefe Sliders, judicioufly furjiifhed, 
are a fine natural Hiftory, where we may 
read delightful Leffons of the high Perfec¬ 
tion of God’s Works, and his Wifdom in 
their Contrivance. 
In making a Colledion of Objeds, the 
f]Iders Ihould not be filled promifcuoufly, 
but 
