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come on the frefh leaves which you give 

 them, it is a fign that they are too fail, 

 and you would not do amils if you let 

 them fafl a little beyond the time in which 

 you.ufed to give them their next meal. 



I have been thus particular, that you 

 may avoid the great trouble which I have 

 known to proceed from heaping too much 

 food. 



When you feed the worms, let the firfh 

 feeding be as foon as you can conveniently 

 in the morning 3 this muft be done with 

 the remainder of the leaves which were ga- 

 thered the day before, and let the laft feed- 

 ing be as late as you can before you go to 

 bed. 



As the worms lie in the middle of the 

 drawer, and at their firfl: being placed there 

 fliould only take up about one third of it, 

 you may enlarge the fpace they lie on, 

 at the time of feeding them, according as 

 you perceive them to grow large and crowd 

 one another j to effect this, you have no 

 more to do than to place leaves round 

 about, fo as to touch thofe the worms 

 lie upon ; and thus, as you fee it neceffary, 

 you may extend their fpace, for they will 

 always follow and fpread themlelves over 



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