haunts; or tobacco-water, which has
been found effectual. They are averse to strong scents. Camphor, or a
sponge saturated with creosote, will prevent their infesting a
cupboard. To prevent their climbing up trees, place a ring of tar
about the trunk, or a circle of rag moistened occasionally with
creosote.

2474. To Prevent Moths.

In the month of April or May, beat your fur garments well with a small
cane or elastic stick, then wrap them up in linen, without pressing
the fur too hard, and put betwixt the folds some camphor in small
lumps; then put your furs in this state in boxes well closed. When the
furs are wanted for use, beat them well as before, and expose them for
twenty-four hours to the air, which will take away the smell of the
camphor. If the fur has long hair, as bear or fox, add to the camphor
an equal quantity of black pepper in powder.

2475. To get rid of Moths.

i. Procure shavings of cedar wood, and enclose in muslin bags, which
can be distributed freely among the clothes.

ii. Procure shavings of camphor wood, and enclose in bags.

iii. Sprinkle pimento (allspice) berries among the clothes.

iv. Sprinkle the clothes with the seeds of the musk plant.

v. To destroy the eggs--when deposited in woollen cloths, &c., use a
solution of acetate of potash in spirits of rosemary, fifteen grains
to the pint.

2476. Bugs.

Spirits of naphtha rubbed with a small painter's brush into every part
of a bedstead is a certain way of getting rid of bugs. The mattress
and binding of the bed should be examined, and the same process
attended to, as they generally harbour more in these parts than in the
bedstead. Three pennyworth of naphtha is sufficient for one bed.

2477. Bug Poison.

Proof spirit, one pint; camphor, two ounces; oil of turpentine, four
ounces: corrosive sublimate, one ounce, mix. A correspondent says,

"I have been for a long time troubled with bugs, and never could get
rid of them by any clean and expeditious method, until a friend told
me to suspend a small bag of camphor to the bed, just in the centre,
overhead. I did so, and the enemy was most effectually repulsed, and
has not made his appearance since--not even for a reconnaissance!"

This is a simple method of getting rid of these pests, and is worth a
trial to see if it be effectual in other cases.

2478. Mixture for Destroy