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Now after the third day from their reco- 

 very out of their fecond ficknefs, your 

 worms will begin to fall into their third ; 

 their heads will fvv'ell, their bodies look 

 fmooth and glofly, and fomewhat fliorter, 

 and they will, after fome time, defift from 

 eating, remaining motionlefs, with their 

 heads generally raifed, as in the former 

 moultings. 



Thofe which continue feeding fix or 

 feven hours after the others have done, 

 may now be removed, taking up the leaves 

 on which they are, and claffing them with 

 thofe of the fame time of moulting, or 

 you may wait till they begin to grow well, 

 and then feparate thofe that firfl recover 

 from their moult. Their moult ends in 

 about three days as before, but their ap- 

 pearance jufl before they moult is fome- 

 what different from the two former moults; 

 for having been during their licknefs of 

 one uniform light colour, they now, about 

 an hour or tv/o before their recovery, turn 

 dark and fpeckled j they then lie inactive 

 for about an hour or two, the fwelling of 

 their head falls, and they drip oiF their 

 /kins from the head dov/nw^ard, and caffc 

 theh fcuUs forward off their nole like a 



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