For playground, field, and forest; the outdoor handy book (1900)
Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 258
t collecting bottles.Take a piece of com-mon blotting-paper,cut from it severalpieces in the form ofcircular disks just largeenough to fit tightlyin the bottom of thebottle. Push one piecedown until it restssnugly on the bottomof the bottle. Satu-rate it with chloro-form, ether, benzine,or creosote… … Fig. 227, Fig. 228. Fig. 226.—a Killing Bottle.Fig. 227.—A Grub in Spirits.Fig. 228.—a Beetle on Flat Cork. 232 Sttmmer ing atmosphere to any unfortunate insect you may captureand drop in the fatal glass chamber (Fig. 226). Often the opportunity presents itself of capturing asmall moth or butterfly…
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