Instructions for Collecting and Preserving Various Subjects of Natural History

Excerpt from Instructions for Collecting and Preserving Various Subjects of Natural History: As Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, Shells, Corals, Plants, &C.; Together With a Treatise on the Management of Insects in Their Several States; Selected From the Best Authorities Many other advantages will refult to perfons of that de fcription, from a minute obfervance of infects in a living frate, but as we care not to expatiate on what may be al ready known to them, we {hall conclude with obferving. That as every perfon, who may feel an inclination to ap propriate a few of his leifure hours to the ftudy of ento mology, Cannot have.an Opportunity -to procure the ne ceffary inftrué'tions, and thofe efpecially whofe bufinefs, or concerns, require their refidence in a diftant part of the country, we conceive that the prefent treatife will not be unacceptable; we fubmit it to the candid perufal of thofe, whofe exertions in practical entomology it is moft likely to afiift, but truli that among the variety of other infiruc tions which are concentrated from the heft authorities, at; leaft fome will be found ufeful to every clafs of natural hifiory collectors.'0. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.