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7th. Ash colored silk worms; 



8th. The silk worms hatched from an Autumn moth ; 



9th. The silk worms hatched in the middle of Autumn ; 



10th. The silk worms called Lao-thsieou-eul-tsan, (lit- 

 erally, old towards Autumn ;) 



llth. Silk worms of the last of Autumn, called Lao- 

 hitii-eul-tsan ; 



12th. Silk worms called Kin-eul-tsan ; 



13th, Silk worms that work in the same cocoon. Some- 

 times two, sometimes three silk worms, spin together in the 

 same cocoon. 



In general, the silk spun by the worms, which moult 

 thrice, differs much from that of the worms which moult 

 four times. 



HAI-NING-HIEN-TCHI. 



On the night preceding the period called tsing-ming, (the 

 5th of April,) those who raise silk worms envelop the eggs 

 in a covering of cotton, and place it under them, in their 

 bed ; they think the natural heat of the human body, has- 

 tens the hatching of the silk worms. 



SAME WORK. 



The twelfth day of the last moon of the year (that is to 

 say, at the end of December, or in the month of January, 

 when there is an intercalary moon,) all those who raise 

 silk worms bathe the eggs in salt water, expose them to the 

 fumigations of the melongena, and envelop them in a 

 piece of rice ball. At the end of twenty-four days they 



