Mr, Delabio;arre on Silk Worms, C05 



care or attendance do they require after being put on the 

 hedges ? 



(Ans.) It is proved by experience and beyond any doubt, 

 that worms raifed in open air are free from every diforder ; 

 their only fate depends upon the feafon : but as the temperature 

 from the fifteenth of May to the fifteenth of July, is a great 

 deal fmer and more moderate here than in Europe : above 

 nil, as we have very few inftances of fhov.^ers of hail, which are 

 fo frequent and fo deflruclive in other countries, we remain 

 perfeftly fatisfied, that filk worms will fucceed and thrive 

 beyond our expectations in this blefled part of the world. 

 Therefore, as foon as they can be fecured agalnft the 

 voracioufnefs of certain birds, you may leave them to the 

 bountiful hand of nature ; you need not afterwards take any 

 more care, they muft do, and they v.ill do very well for 

 themfelves. 



The only thing which you have to do, is to enjoy the 

 pleafure of paying them a vifit from time to time. — Like the 

 happy farmer contemplating his promifmg harvefl, you will 

 look at the growth and progrefs of your induftrious worms ; 

 you will watch the time when they will have completed their 

 fpinning ; — Is it done .'' Come and collect with a thankful 

 hand, the cocoons hanging on the twigs of your hedge, like 

 the golden fruit of the Hefperian garden. 



