6 THE CULTURE 



making a nre, which laft fliould efpecially 

 be regarded during the two or three days 

 in which the worms are employed about 

 fpinning their filk-pods -, for if the wea- 

 ther is then cold or raw% they will make 

 little or no filk, and fo you will lofe all the 

 advantage which was expe6led fron^ them. 

 The fame caution fliould alfo be obferv^d 

 wdien the moths are coupling and laying 

 their eggs, otherwife tliey will lay but 

 few, 



Since mulberry-trees, efpecially the black 

 fort, can be eafilyrais'd, I fliall fay nothing 

 as to the objection of want of food ; but 

 fhall only caution any perfons from at.- 

 tempting to breed filkworms, who have 

 not plenty of leaves at their own com- 

 mand, fmce I know with what difficulty 

 they are procured from others. 



Another objection is, that the worms 

 are often hatch'd by the heat of the wea- 

 ther, before the leaves are come out to 

 feed them 5 but if you keep the eggs in a 

 fmall viol bottle, covered with a piece of 

 paper prick'd with two or three pin-holes, 

 and placed in a cool fituation, where nei- 

 ther the heat of the fun nor the air of a 

 fire ca;i affed it, yet free from moiflure 



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