8o THE CULTURE 



be able to feparate each days hatching, 

 or rather two or three tunes a day, and 

 feed them by themfelves. And this is a 

 thing fo abfolutely neceflary, that without 

 it there would be no poffibility of feeding 

 any quantity of filkworms to advantage, 

 as I fhall fhew hereafter. 



Various methods of making the eggs 

 hatch may be ufed according to the con- 

 veniences of people ; but whatever method 

 is ufed fhould aim principally at this end, 

 viz. of making them hatch as nearly as 

 may be together. And the thing that will 

 moil: effedually do this is an equal degree 

 of warmth, as near as can be attained, 

 and conflantly apply'd till they are hatched. 



This degree of heat, which is called the 

 heat of incubation, is that which the fkin 

 of a healthy perfon can communicate, or 

 any other heat equal in degree to it. And 

 the method for hatching them by this heat 

 is as follows. 



Divide your quantity of eggs into par- 

 cels of one or two ounces each, and put 

 each quantity into a bag of cotton, filk 

 or fluff, tying it fo as it may not fpill : 

 thefe bags are to be kept in the breads, 

 next the fkin, by a perfon who do not ufe 



violent 



