In order to oblige fuch Perfons as may be defireas: 
To make a COLLECTION of 
MOTHS and BUTTERFLIES, 
Though unacquainted with the Manner how, 
It is judged proper to lay down the following 
DIRECTIONS. 
5) ROVIDE yourfelf with a Net made of Mufchetto Gaufe, and in Shape like a 
AG Bat-fowling Net ; let its Length be one Ell, the Width at Bottom three Quar- 
~| ters ofa Yard, at Top half a Yard, and cut circular; this muft be fewed toa 
INA Tape or Ferret, that it may be faftened to a couple of Hafle or other Sticks five 
Feet long each, the upper Part whereof fhould be bent circular to fit your Net. 
You muft likewife have a Stick of Hafle, or any other Wood, about five or fix Feet in 
Length, wherewith to put the FHes and Moths on the Wing, by beating the Boughs, Hedges, 
Shrubs, or other Growths you are near, fo that you may be better able to fee and take them. 
Furnifh yourfelf likewife with Boxes of fuch Sizes as will go into your Pocket, let them 
be lined at the Top and Bottom with Cork; be alfo provided with a Pin-cufhion, well ftock’d 
with different Sorts of Pins. 
Thefe Things being in readinefS, go into the Woods and Fields thereto adjacent (always. 
placing yourtelf where the Sun has moft Power, and the Wind the leaft) alfo into Chalk-pits, 
rough Grounds, Lanes, €c. In all which Places, if it is a fine Day, and a proper Seafon of 
the Year, you'll find Plenty of Sport. 
When you have taken a F/y in your Net, lay the Net fat on the Ground, which will pre- 
vent the Fly from fluttering ; then put the Fore Finger of your Left Hand under the Fly, and 
with the fame Finger of your Right Hand give it a fqueeze on the Back or Cheft, and that 
will kill it; be careful, however, not to prefs too hard, leaft you damage the Fly, This done 
take a Pin and run it through the Body, betwixt the Wings, letting that Side be uppermoft 
which is moft beautiful; then ftick it in your Box, and look for more Sport. 
Having collected fuch 2 Number of Fijes as you think Proper, and being returned home, 
look into your Boxes, and obferve which of them are fit to fet: fuch as you find dead and not 
ftiff are fo. | 
Then (having prepared before-hand two or three Boards covered with Cork, of about ten 
Inches by fixteen in Size, or as you find moft convenient to place your Fijes in order on and 
extend their Wings in the beft manner: by the Affiftance of little Braces made by cutting 
a Card into Lengths or Slips, with a {mall Pin thruft through the End of each) proceed to 
manage them as follows: 
Take 
