. The American entomologist. Entomology. ENTOMOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 199 my correspondents in the East, who has the happiness to have access to the very best scien- tific library in the whole conutry. At my re- quest he will, I know, compare the specimens sent with the descriptions to which he has free access every day, while I shonld have to travel a thousand miles to get to them. I do this; and now, having done my best, I will calmly and peacefully await results. But by this time it is 10 1'. M., and I am beginning to feel sleepy and tired. Suppose F adjourn to the countv of Bed- foid ? HOW T
. The American entomologist. Entomology. ENTOMOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 199 my correspondents in the East, who has the happiness to have access to the very best scien- tific library in the whole conutry. At my re- quest he will, I know, compare the specimens sent with the descriptions to which he has free access every day, while I shonld have to travel a thousand miles to get to them. I do this; and now, having done my best, I will calmly and peacefully await results. But by this time it is 10 1'. M., and I am beginning to feel sleepy and tired. Suppose F adjourn to the countv of Bed- foid ? HOW TO COLLECT AND STUDY INSECTS-No. 2. in- F. G. SANBORN, llOSTON, MASS. One can scarcely walk a mile in the country viflicint obtaining some object to grace his [ij,^ |.,., ] cabinet, or observing some fact -^ in natural history to add to his i\# vtore-house of mental treas- 111 es. It should be borne in I -"^1 iiiiud by the student collector I I I hat, notwithstanding he may ]iropose to confine his studies I lo one Order of insects, he should also contract a habit of observing and collecting tho-e of other Orders, as well as such small and portable vertebrates and other invei-te- lirates as his opportunities may enable him to capture and escrve. Alcoholicspecimens (it Mammals, Birds, Fishes, Keptiles, Mollusks, Crustacea, and fiicts concerning them, are marketable commodities in the Exchanges of Science. Especially should this plan be carried out by the collector who may be established for a tenn of months or years in a region remote from libraries and museums. Such study and investigation in this field as his time permits, will of itself materially enlighten his mind upon the secrets of Nature; and, although destitute of books—those records of repeated failures and few successful attempts to unmask Nature's protean face—he may leani the structure, habits and comparative intelligence of the creatures around him. A subsequent opportunity may occur for him to ascertain, if
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