ON BATHING 



THE EGGS OF SILK WORMS. 



The old Dictionary Eul-ya, says there are three kinds of 

 insects which form cocoons: 1st, the Siang, or the silk 

 worms fed on mulberry leaves ; 2d, the Tcheou-iu, those 

 fed on leaves of the jujube, and trees called hoa and louan ; 

 3d, the Hang, which is fed on leaves of the plant called 

 siao. 



In the chou-king, (one of the canonical Books of the 

 Chinese,) it is written : " The first day of the moon, of 

 the last Spring month, the Prince's wife washes the eggs 

 of the silk worms in the river." 



ABRIDGED HISTORY OF THE KINGDOM OF OU. 



In the district of Nan-yang, the silk worms form cocoons, 

 eight times a year. 



KOUANG-TCHI. 



There are several varieties of silk worms, the autumn, 

 winter, and wild silk worms. 



