OF SILK. 97 



CHAP. V. 



T^he ma finer of preparing the large ftajids and 

 JJjeheson which the grown filkworrns are to 

 be fedj and on which they afterwards fpin 

 their filk. 



IT will be convenient for thofe who feed 

 large quantities of filkworrns, to have 

 the ftands and fhelves on which they are 

 to be kept, or at lead fome of them, pre- 

 pared before they are abfolutely wanted, 

 in order to avoid being hurried when they 

 become neceifary j and thofe who are pro- 

 vident will prepare them in fuch a manner, 

 that the fame materials can every year be 

 quickly and eafily put together and refit- 

 ted, and wheiV there is no further occafion 

 for them, taken afunder and laid by in 

 fmall room. 



The Hands (fee plate I. ng. I.) are made 

 by erecting poles about an inch and half 

 thick, according to the weight of (lielves 

 and worms which they are to fupport; 

 they are placed at the diftance of three or 

 four feet afunder in a fquare fituation, and 

 are ty'd firm to long flreight tranfverfe 

 H poles 



