On the Management of Silk- Worms. 103 



NOTE. 



There are various ways in which it may be sup- 

 posed, that a pike, or other fish, may have gotten 

 possession of a squirrel. The most probable appears 

 to be this. The squirrels, of different species, per- 

 forin annual migrations, in immense numbers, across 

 the creeks, rivers, and other waters of North-Ame- 

 rica. It can hardly be doubted, that, while perform- 

 ing these voyages, some of the animals fall victims to 

 the ravenous appetites of fish. 



Editor. 



XXVIII. Directions for the management of Silk- 

 Worms. By the late Mrs. S. Wright, of Lan- 

 caster-County, in Pennsylvania*. 



LAY the sheets of eggs in folds of dry ironed 

 linen, in a drawer, in a room where but little fire is 



* It is not supposed, that this paper contains much information 

 that is entirely new to those who have directed their attention f 

 the subject to which it relates. But, as it may be useful, it is here 

 presented to the public. The author was a woman of uncommon 

 powers of mind, and directed much of her attention to the ma- 

 nagement of silk-worms, and to other subjects of public utility, at 

 a time (at least forty years ago) when she stood alone in her exer- 

 tions in this way. It is to be observed, that the silk-worm upon 

 which Mrs. Wright made her experiments, was the foreign 

 worm ; and not any of the native species of North-America. 

 These Directions are printed from a MS. account, which was 

 found among the papers of the Editor's Father, the Reverend 

 Mr. Thomas Barton, of Lancaster. 



