Life of a Scotch Naturalist Thomas Edward Associate of the Linnean Society Mi
Life of a Scotch Naturalist Thomas Edward Associate of the Linnean Society Mi
Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904
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He had also a light flat box, about nine inches square, for containing the more fragile portion of the insect tribe, such as butterflies and moths. Before he pinned them down, he gave 192 HOW TO PRESERVE. CHAP. X. them a drop of chloroform to put them to sleep, and prevent them destroying their beautiful plumage. When he met these tender creatures reposing on a flower, he would always, if possible, drop a little chloroform upon them, and thus end their struggles. Then he boxed them. By this mea...ns he secured many splendid specimens. His hat was also an excellent insect-box, and a convenient receptacle for many things. He had a false crown put in the upper' part of it, well stored with pins. And even when he went out to walk with his wife and children, he would occupy part of his time in looking for and storing up moths and butterflies, so that not an opportunity nor a moment's time was lost. He carried his caterpillars in a tin box, with several compartments ; and his snails in a similar box of smaller dimensions.
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