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between the upright poles, that it may ea- 

 lily be put in and taken out > but its length 

 mufl- be three or four inches more, that it 

 may reft fecurely on the four pins which 

 fipport it. It may be inclined to one fide 

 when taken out or put in. The branches, 

 for the worms to fpin at the divifion C, &c. 

 will be defcribed in Part III. 



Fig. III. reprefenls one of the hurdles 

 compofed of fmall reeds, its rim made 

 of four ftrong reeds or fticks tied toge- 

 ther at a, b, c, d, where two nitches, fuch 

 as that of Fig. II. are let into one another. 

 This kind of curved nitch is hot apt to 

 break, nor doth it weaken the part, as an 

 angular one would do. The ftrong reeds 

 or fticks e, f, g, over which the fmall ones 

 are woven, may be tied in the fame man- 

 ner. The fmall reeds are woven in parcels 

 of twenty or thirty, and clofe to one ano- 

 ther, when you intend that the litter of 

 the worms ftiould not drop through, yet 

 there will be ftill fpace enough between 

 them to let the air pafs. 



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