THE 



Culture of S I L K. 



PART II. 



II ■ I ' 



CHAP. I. 



A general brief 'view of the Silkwornts life^ 

 with the choice of place proper for rear-* 

 ing them in^ 



THE filkworm proceeds from an tg^ 

 laid in fummer j it is yellow when 

 firfl: laid, but in three or four days turn* 

 of a blueifh colour j its fize is about that 

 of a grain of muftard > it is preferved till 

 the following fpring, and is then hatch'd 

 either by the natural warmth of the wea- 

 ther, or by artificial heat. 



The worm that proceeds from this egg 

 is about a quarter of an inch long, as 

 thick as a fmall pin, and of a black colour j 

 three or four days warmth generally hatches 

 k. This worm, from fo fmall a fize, 



doth. 



