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turning the whole flack now and 'fhen, to 

 give all parts an equal degree of heat, you 

 will fave the trouble of often changing and 

 warming the pillows. Or inftead of plac- 

 ing them before tlie fire, you may, when 

 the fun fliines clear, place the flack of pil- 

 lows in the window where the wind doth 

 not enter, and hanging a coverlet behind 

 them, turn them as before, which, while 

 the funfliine continvies, will fufUciently pre- 

 ferve their warmth ; the boxes fliould fink 

 into the pillows, fo as to have all fides com- 

 pleatly covered j and when you fufpe6l the 

 eggs to be near hatcliing, you may, every 

 three or four hours, fiip different boxes 

 out to try them, taking care, as often as 

 you do it, to expofe the eggs as fhoit a 

 time as polTible to the cool air. 



The method of liatching the eggs in 

 bags by the heat of the ikin might perhaps 

 be improved, by patting the bag into a box 

 fitted to its fliape, but rather a little fmal- 

 ler, that fo it may keep fteady ; v/hich it will 

 the better do if the bag is made fo deep that 

 its mouth may be turned outward over the 

 rim of the box ; this will alfo keep the lid 

 of the box firm, and hinder the new hatched 

 worms from creeping between the bag 



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