4 THE CULTURE 



In Ibme of the colonies a double pro- 

 duce of filk might be obtain'd in one fea- 

 fon, and the warmth of the climate would 

 make thellightefl accommodation of houfes 

 or even fheds fufficient, and many of the 

 cautions and obfervations delivered in this 

 treatife unnecefTary; fo that, there, what 

 regards the keeping of the filkworms warm, 

 need not be fo much attended to as what 

 gives, them air, and keeps them clean. I 

 fufpe6t however, that the moifture, which 

 is occafioned in feveral parts of our Ame- 

 rtcan colonies by their being not yet clear'd 

 of their woods, may be of differ vice to the 

 rearing of filkworms ; at leaft, I believe, 

 this may make it a matter of fome impor- 

 tance, to choofe thofe places where the 

 woods ar€ well clear'd av/ay, and to avoid 

 thofe which are fituated near fwamps and 

 great lakes, or expofed to the north cind 

 north-wefl winds, which, in our part of 

 America^ are the moil cold and piercing. 



Some attempts having been made to rear 

 filkworms in England^ it may not be impro- 

 per here to fay fomething concerning them. 

 And firft, I mufl obferve, that the changes 

 which frequently happen in our weather 

 is the greateft obilacle j for though the 



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