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wells might deilroy the vivifying principle 

 of the eggs, efpecially if the v/eather was 

 already grown very warm, and they had a 

 tendency toward hatching, the change then 

 from heat to cold might be too great : the 

 experiment may at fir ft be made upon a 

 fmall quantity of eggs. The bottle need 

 not be above half hli'd with eggs, that a 

 larger furface of air may be in contaft 

 with them ; and it fliould be loaded with 

 fome Vv'C'ght, and the pipe buoyed with 

 cork in fome part, ani"wering to the depth 

 you would have it (ink in the water. 



If your eggs had began to hatch before 

 you took this precaution, you muft then 

 proceed dire6lly to hatch them, by putting 

 them in flialiow boxes, as mentioned in 

 the next chapter but one 3 for you muft 

 not put them in bags becaufe it would now 

 hinder their coming out by their lying in 

 an heap. And now as they hatch you may 

 feed them even with the fmall buds of the 

 mulberry though not yet opened j this in- 

 deed makes fome wafteof their future fuf- 

 tenance, but if you have plenty of trees it 

 is not much matter, as the worms now 

 eat but a fmall quantity. 



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