90 THE CULTURE 



account of their moulting -ficknefs coming 

 on at different times. If you keep the 

 hatchings of every fix hours difl:in6f, pro- 

 vided they come out faft enough to cover 

 the leaves in that time, you will have the 

 lefs trouble afterwards ^ but thofe of twelve 

 hours diftance mull: never be mixed toge- 

 ther 3 wherefoie number the drawers or 

 papers into which you put them, accord- 

 ing to their different times of hatching, 

 that you may not afterwards miftake. 



The greateft number of worms are ge- 

 nerally found hatched early in the morning, 

 and may then lie too thick on the leaves, 

 fo as to croud one upon the other 5 in this 

 cafe, when you diflribute them into the 

 drawers, place the heaps that you take out 

 of each hatching box at fome little diftance 

 from one another, and lay fonie frelh 

 mulberry leaves between them, that the 

 worms may fpread themfelves, and not be 

 crouded. The rule for which is, that they 

 fliould nearly cover all the leaves, fo as to 

 make them appear almoft quite black, but 

 not lie upon one another ; if they lie thin- 

 ner than this, they will not have eaten 

 their leaves before you give them the fub- 

 fequent feeding, and fo will remain among 



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