. The American boys' book of bugs, butterflies and beetles. Insects. Poison Bottles 37 jflying creatui'es and some slumber bottles in which to drop the captives where they will be over- come with chloroform and other poisonous fumes (Fig. 18).. POISON BOTTLES I have tried burning matches, I have tried mashed-up peach-tree leaves, kerosene and cam- phor, but none of these makeshifts kill quickly enough, they all give the victim time to flap around and spoil itself as a specimen, so I think you will have to spend a few pennies possibly for chloro- Please note that these images are extract


. The American boys' book of bugs, butterflies and beetles. Insects. Poison Bottles 37 jflying creatui'es and some slumber bottles in which to drop the captives where they will be over- come with chloroform and other poisonous fumes (Fig. 18).. POISON BOTTLES I have tried burning matches, I have tried mashed-up peach-tree leaves, kerosene and cam- phor, but none of these makeshifts kill quickly enough, they all give the victim time to flap around and spoil itself as a specimen, so I think you will have to spend a few pennies possibly for chloro- Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941. Philadelphia, Lippincott


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