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APHORISMATA ENTOMOLOGICA. 5
with the positive certainty of being in time even for an early breakfast.
There are, however, certain individuals who must lament the loss of
the old-fashioned brimstone match; for as it is " an ill Avind that blows
nobody good," so it must be one that comes from all points of the
compass at once, that does no one any harm. The entomologists are
they to whom I allude, for it is now next to impossible, at least I
find it so, to procure even a halfpenny worth of the article once so
universally in vogue. But, • cui bono ?' what are the brimstone matches
for ? The next chapter will tell you; containing, as it will do, a
"dissertation on boxing," and that of a pugnacious kind too, albeit
altogether peaceful. The solution of the riddle will there be given.
" PUGNO, PUGNAS, PUGNAVI."
IF you can construe the above Avithout conjugating it, somewhat after
the same 'ideal' as "malo, malo, malo, malo, quam vivere malo, malo,"
you will probably be able to understand someAvhat of the allusion in
the last chapter.
As I have already recommended the use of but few kinds of nets,
so I would give similar advice as to boxes. You must, however, have
some of different sorts. They may be made of oak, mahogany, or deal;
or one or two of them, of which presently, of tin. First of all, in
further carrying out the principle laid down as to the necessity of
a previous state of preparation, you must haA r e a large one, say two
feet long, one foot wide, and three inches deep, on the outside. Of
course it must be lined with good soft cork, and papered, and, if
thought advisable, from time to time white-washed over, in the way
described for the cabinet. A little camphor should be securely fixed
in one of its corners, and be regularly renewed from time to time; or
a piece of cotton wool, to be saturated now and then with cajeput
oil. It should have a lid projecting above the inside edges of the
lower side all round, to keep the- dust from penetrating through the
interstice when the box is shut together. This box is for carrying about
with you from place to place, as a temporary receptacle for your captures
when preserved, or any species that you may procure by gift, exchange,
or purchase. Of course it must be shaken as little as possible, and,
when you are travelling, should be carefully packed in your "portmantel."