g THE CULTURE 



their litter -, when they are fed, numbers 

 often perifh under an overbundance of 

 leaves -, young and old are mix'd together, 

 and by that means the proper management 

 during their periodical ficknefs becomes im- 

 pradicablej at laft, when thofe worms 

 which furvive this management, are ready to 

 fpin, they are watch'd, and pick'd up one by 

 one, and placed feverally in little paper 

 cells, which are afterwards pinn'd one by 

 one to the fides of the room. 



This is the method generally followed 

 by thofe who keep fiik worms among us -, 

 ^nd as every part of it is wrong, every ilep 

 toilfome, it is no wonder that thofe who 

 proceed in this manner, foon grow tired of 

 the w^orkj they reckon over all their 

 worms, and when they have rear'd one or 

 two thoufand, they account it a prodigious 

 jiumber ; they perhaps afterward reel off 

 fome of the balls in a method both tedious 

 and toilfom ; and, having at laft produced 

 an ounce or two of filk, they are amazed 

 at the great number of worms, and the 

 great labour which is necefiary to produce 

 a fmall quantity of filk. But this is much 

 t:he fame, as if a farmer fhould run into 

 ^very wrong method of hufbandry, and at 



