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I had once determined to give neceffary and 
full directions to the young beginner relative to 
the cdilefting, breeding, and managing the va¬ 
rious fpecies, in their feveral ftates; but as that 
has been induftrioufly treated on by others, I 
fhall content myfelf with fetting down fome 
rules and remarks founded on my own eXpe- 
riencej and which are very neceffary to be 
known, as they will prevent accidents, and fuch 
as the colleCtor would not perhaps know how to 
account for. 
And firfl. Let not the boxes which are taken 
in the pocket for Caterpillars, nor the cages 
made for breeding infeCts be made of deal or fir, 
except they be well lined with paper j for the 
effluvia of the turpentine, raifed by the heat of 
the pocket, or that of the fun, is extremely pre¬ 
judicial to them, and feldom fails to deftroy the 
greateft part of the Caterpillars contained there¬ 
in for any length of time. The caufe of the 
deaths of the Caterpillars, found at the bottoms 
of cages, or pocket boxes,- is generally attribute 
ed to bruifes got in beating the trees for them 
at the time of collecting them, which is a great 
miftake, as thofe which happen to be injured in 
beating, feldom die till the time of changing 
their 
