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leaves, fince it wou'd be almofl loft time 

 to pull the leaves, and they wou'd be fo 

 mix'd with the berries as to occafion a great 

 deal of litter among the worms ; and if 

 they were fo ripe as to fhed their juice a- 

 mong the leaves, it wou'd make them un~ 

 wholfome food. 



I muft add, to what I have already faid 

 about feparating the feed from the pulp, 

 that if, after having been very well rubb'd 

 in a coarfe bag, it is put into a wicker 

 lieve wrought juft fo clofe as not to let tlie 

 feeds pafs, and kept under a fpout of wa- 

 ter, rubbing and fhaking it all the time j 

 you will foon have all the feed clear'd 

 from the pulp. And, by winnowing it 

 when it is dry, you may feparate the lighter 

 feed from the heavy j the former muft be 

 fown^ thick, as a great part of it will not 

 come up, 



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