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APHORISMATA ENTOMOLOGICA.
the insect will be—apparently at all events—lifeless, and that without
pain to itself, or injury to it as a cabinet specimen. Observe, however,
that, and especially if you have occasion to remove the stopper at all
often, the spirit, evaporating, will require to be renewed, and you must
therefore carry with you a small phial of it, so as to be able to
replenish the larger one as often as may be necessary. You will find
also that if the bottle be kept upright and not needlessly shaken, a
large quantity of insects can be well and safely brought home in it,
without being transferred to the pocket-box. This at the same time
ensures that care which should always be taken to leave the insects a
sufficiently long time under the influence of the narcotic, for otherwise
the state of "coma" would go off, and the anticipated result would not
be gained. I have seen spirit of ammonia applied in the same way, hut
the former is decidedly preferable.
"PIN MONEY."
I HAVE already briefly touched on this "head," but it is a subject on
which a few pointed remarks may yet be made with advantage, at all
events to the "tyro." And, first, where to procure a suitable article
is the most important enquiry. If therefore you can find your way
about London—which is more than I could do until a few years ago,
having never till then even passed through that village—go to Cheapside,
a locality of which you have doubtless heard in connexion with Johnny
Gilpin, and in divergence therefrom, to the right, as you wend eastward,
namely, in a place yclept "Crown Court," you will find the London
establishment of a Birmingham firm, by name "Edelsten, Williams, and
Co." State your requirements, and, for a due consideration, they will
be instantly supplied. You must, however, if you write from a distance,
accompany your order with a post-office one, and you must also specify
that what you want are for Entomological purposes, and indeed write
the word "Entomological" on the outside of your letter, or otherwise
it will be forwarded to the head-quarters at Birmingham, which will
cause a delay; but if thus marked, it will be opened in London. I
recommend the following sizes as the best, as affording an ample selection
for all ordinary uses, but there are many others, the manufactory
being of lace pins, and, as such, not expressly for Entomological
appliances, though they are as good for these as any that I know. The