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a little round them as you feed them, and 

 perceive that they lie too throng, for the 

 worms will follow the leaves that are laid 

 clofe to them. The fame may be effe6led, 

 by making three or four different parcels 

 of the worms in the fame drawer, and fo 

 feeding them till they meet. 



Thus much was neceffary to be faid here 

 concerning the management of the new- 

 hatched worms ; but before I proceed far- 

 ther in the method of feeding them, it 

 will be convenient to give an account of 

 the Hands which are to keep them as they 

 increafe in fize. The manner of gathering 

 the mulberry leaves, and their periodical 

 ficknefs, which I fometimes call moulting, 

 becaufe they then caft their ikins, and are 

 difordered like birds that are cafbing their 

 feathers. Thefe are the fubjeds of the three 

 following chapters. 



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