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the bark, or being Co much bruifed by the 

 hard grafping, which you are forced to 

 ufe when you ilrip them upward, which 

 makes them lels agreeable to the worms, 

 you muft however take hold of the end of 

 the branch with one hand when you ftrip 

 downward. 



CHAP. VII. 



Of the four fcknejfes or moultings which the 

 Silkworm undergoes, 



TH E filkworm is fubjecl to four lick- 

 nefles, from each of which it recovers 

 by what I Ihali hereafter call moulting, or 

 throwing off its Ikin ; and the times in 

 which this happens are carefully to be ob- 

 ferved, together with the dilferent appear- 

 ance, which the worms makes both at the 

 time of its fickening, and after it has moul- 

 ted i becaufe thefe are periods which great- 

 ly regulate your conduct in managing your 

 broods. 



The times of their ficknefs are fo vari- 

 oufly fet down by many different authors, 

 that fcarce any fixed times can be taken 



I from 



