SILK-WORM. 



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Silk-Worm. 





The Silk- Worm is a native of China, 

 and feeds on the leaves of the white mul- 

 berry. That industrious nation was ac- 

 quainted with the manufacture of silk, from 

 the most remote ages ; but it was scarcely 

 known in Europe before the time of Au- 

 gustus. Its beauty attracted the attention 

 of the luxurious Romans; and after the 

 effeminate reign of Elogabalus, it became a 

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