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dull or rainy, they must be exposed to the heat of the sun, 

 as soon as they commence to hatch. 



Such is the manner of bathing and preserving the eggs 

 of the silk worms. 



WOU-PEN-SIN-CHOU. 



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At the time called ihsing-ming, (the 5th of April,) take 

 the leaves covered with eggs, which have been deposited in 

 an earthen vessel and transport them, sheltered, from the 

 wind to a room where a mild heat reigns, and suspend them 

 at half the height of the apartment. 



At the time called kou-iu, (28th April,) expose the leaves 

 to the air and sun, but they must be inverted or turned 

 inside out. You must roll from left to right those that 

 were rolled contrarily, and you must roll from right to left 

 those that were rolled the opposite way ; every day you 

 must change and roll them in a different way from the old 

 one. After having sufficiently rolled and unrolled them, 

 you must put them as before in the vase. 



When the time of hatching approaches, the leaves must 

 be carried to a room where they will be sheltered from the 

 wind and sun ; the silk worms will hatch all at once. 



SAME WORK. 



To make the silk worms descend, when hatched, there 

 are many persons who strike the reverse of the leaves with 

 a small stick of peach wood. When the worms have de- 

 scended, they gather the,m together with a small broom or 

 quill, put then in an envelope of paper and weigh them, 

 then spread them upon the hurdles. Afterwards, at the 



