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TRANSPORTATION of the silk worms 130 



Cause of the disease, called in Europe muscardine 131 



Proceedings to separate the silk worms from the dirt and litter, and to pre- 

 serve them from the diseases that cause their fermentation 132 



REMOVAL of the silk worms after their first moulting 134 



After their second moulting 134 



After their third moulting 134 



ENTRANCE of the silk worms in the cocoon room 137 



Construction of the frames 137 



How to warm them 137 



Another method 138 



Diseases of the silk worm in the cocoon room 140 



ROUND COCOON ROOMS used in the south of China 141 



Production of silk much more considerable in the north than in the south 

 of China, see page 147 line 8 143 



OBLONG COCOON ROOMS used in the north of China 146 



Advantages and inconveniences of the round and oblong cocoon rooms... 147 

 Cocoon room recommended by the author 147 



CHOICE OF THE COCOONS 149 



How to preserve the cocoons 149 



How to select those for re-production 150 



Manner of killing the chrysalides 152 



Different methods of killing the chrysalides 153 



Earthen jars used for keeping the cocoons 154 



SUPPLEMENT to the Chinese treatise on the raising of silk worms 157 



Eggs of silk worms 157 



Bathing the eggs of silk worms 158 



Precaution for preserving the eggs 159 



Different kinds of silk worms 159 



On bleaching yellow cocoons 160 



Feeding of the silk worms 161 



Things the silk worms fear 163 



Mulberry leaves 163 



Manner of cutting the branches 165 



Of leaves that are injurious to silk worms 165 



Diseases of the silk worms 166 



Means of knowing the silk worms that are mature enough to spin 167 



Formation of the cocoon rooms, called Chan-po 168 



