With regard to the cabinet for such specimens as you are able to
collect, the same advice holds good as that given in a previous Manual
(The Young Collector's Shell Book), namely, the simpler the cabinet the
better, though of course card-board boxes would not as a rule be strong
enough to stand the weight of the specimens, and hence it is advisable
to have wooden ones. The boxes in which Oakey's Wellington Knife-powder
is sent out (they measure about 15 in. x 10 in. x 3 in.) are on the
whole the most convenient size, and are easily obtainable at any oil and
colourman's. These, when painted over with Berlin Black, after first
removing the external labels, look very neat. The inside may be papered
according to taste, when the trays may be arranged in order ready for
the reception of your specimens.[2]
[2] For description of trays, see "The Young Collector's Shell-Book."