COLLECTING AND PRESERVING.
NOTES ON COLLECTING AND PRESERVING NATURAL-HISTORY OBJECTS.
BY
J. E. Taylor, F.L.S., F.G.S.
E. F. Elwin.
Thos. Southwell, F.Z.S.
Dr. Knaggs.
E. C. Rye, F.Z.S.
J. B. Bridgman.
Professor Ralph Tate, F.G.S.
Jas. Britten, F.L.S.
Professor Buckman, F.G.S.
Dr. Braithwaite, F.L.S.
Worthington G. Smith, F.L.S.
Rev. Jas. Crombie, F.L.S.
W. H. Grattann.
EDITED BY
J. E. TAYLOR, PhD., F.L.S., F.G.S., &c.
_NEW EDITION._
LONDON:
W. H. ALLEN & CO., 13 WATERLOO PLACE. S.W.
1883.
(_All rights reserved._)
PREFACE.
The following Essays were originally contributed to the pages of
'Science-Gossip,' by the various writers whose names they bear.
From the constant queries relating to subjects of this kind, it was
deemed advisable to furnish young or intending naturalists with such
trustworthy information as would enable them to save time, and gain
by the experience of others. For this purpose, the articles have been
collected in their present portable form as a Handbook for beginners.
_May, 1876._
CONTENTS.
PAGE
Preface v
CHAPTER I.
Geological Specimens, by J. E. Taylor, F.L.S., F.G.S. 1