1 86 Mr, Belahigarre on Silk Worms, 



obfervation, while the courfe of it remains hid, like a thoufand 

 other fecrets of nature. 



(i8th Que.) What time of the day do you chufe to gather 

 leaves for the feeding of your worms ? How do you keep 

 thofe leaves ? 



(Ans.) Avoid carefully the picking of the leaves in the 

 morning, until three or four hours after fun-rifmg, and only 

 when they are free from dew or any dampnefs. 



Before the firfl; moulting, the worms require fo little food, 

 that it is eafy to keep a few leaves in an earthen pot, covered 

 with a bit of linen, and put in a dry cellar or in any other 

 part of the houfe, out of the heat of the fun. 



According to the number and fize of your worms, if you 

 want a great quantity of leaves every day, they muft be kept 

 in large tubs or fpread on the floor of a room, only open on 

 the north fide ; then take care to ftir or turn them over two 

 or three times a day, according to the temperature, for fear 

 they fhould be heated or withered, 



N. B. The number of meals after the firfl moulting, as 

 well as the quantity of leaves to be given to your worms, muft 

 be regulated by their appetite : the belt method is to feed 

 them with few leaves at once, and to repeat it as many times, 

 day and night, as they confume the leaves of the former feeding. 



Jf your worms are dull an4 without appetite, it is a certain 



