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in the enfuing chapter. Obierve here how- 

 ever, that a worm jiifl recovered from any 

 moult is not larger, but rather lefs, than 

 one which is goii^g to fail into the fame 

 moult, left you iliould miflake their age 

 on account of their fize, which fize only 

 advances during their health between each 

 moulting. Take notice alfo, that the 

 drawers and warm-keeping here mentioned 

 are only for climates where the fpring is 

 cold at the tim.e of hatching filkworms, 

 and are not neceffary in the warmer lati- 

 tudes. 



What I have faid in this chapter is fuf- 

 ficient for the management of the worms 

 during their two firfl ages ; I have made 

 no mention of cleaning away their litter, 

 or the broken fibres of their leaves, for at 

 this time it is unneceiTary ; the litter they 

 now make is foon as dry as dufc, and the 

 fibres of the leaves are alio foon withered, 

 and make a foft bed, on which the worms 

 lie cleaner than if they v/ere placed on pa- 

 per, for the litter runs down among the 

 fibres, and fo doth not at all incommode 

 them, efpecially if they lie on a hurdle 

 made of flraw, reeds, or fuch like, through 

 which the litter can pafs. 1 have known 

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