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than to wait for their ■recovery, and would 

 not have the trouble either of feparating 

 thofe of different ages, nor of feeding 

 feme v/hich were of a different age in 

 feparate drawers. And this you might 

 efft-6l, by getting all your eggs to hatch at 

 once, which therefore you fliould, as much 

 as you can, llrive to do. It is true indeed, 

 that though ail your worms had been taken 

 out of the hatching boxes at one time, 

 there might be fome which would ficken a 

 little fooner than the reft from different 

 llrength of conffitution, and confequently 

 recover and begin to eat fooner -, and if the 

 difference of time v/ere about twelve hours, 

 and that there were a fufiicient quantity of 

 fuch worms to deferve a diftincl: place, it 

 v/ould be befl to feparate them 5 but then 

 tliis may be done after their moult, by 

 giving them a few leaves when they recover 

 before the reil, and then taking thofe leaves 

 with the worms on them, and placing them 

 by themfelves in a diilincl drawer. But if 

 you have large quantities of worms hatch 'd 

 at different times, and that almoil all your 

 firfl: hatched fickeneth at once, then you 

 may take away thofe few that are later than 

 the reft and put them among your fecond 



hatching, 



