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the chapter on moulting. And now, as 

 they recover, give them their leaves gather- 

 ed as neat and clean as pofnble, and if they 

 lie too throng, feparate and diltribute them 

 into other drawers as they come upon the 

 frefh leaves. You may either diftribute 

 them in fmall parcels at Ibme little diflance 

 in the drawer, fo that they iliall fpread and 

 meet as they grow large, or you may place 

 them all in the middle of a drawer, and 

 let them extend and fpread all round, by 

 laying leaves round them when they begin 

 to lie too throng. 



Your worms are now in their fecond 

 age, and enlarged in fize ; and the leaves 

 which are to feed them are alfo grown 

 firmer ; with thefe you muft continue to 

 nouriih them : and the rules which have 

 been already delivered for their firfl age 

 being, with your own difcretion, fufficient 

 for this, their appearance alfo and time of 

 moulting being much the fame, excepting 

 their fize, I ihall only refer you to what 

 has been already taught, to avoid the te- 

 dioufnefs of repetition. After about three 

 days health and three days ficknefs, you 

 will find them recovered from their fecond 

 moult, in which flate I fiiall take them up 



