146 THE CULTURE 



CHAP. X. 



'^he management of the Silkworms during their 

 fijth age^ that is from their recovery out 

 ef their fourth moult^ till they are ready to 

 fpin their fJk. 



F you did not diilribute the worms upon 

 other fiielves on their falling into their 

 fourth ficknefs, it muft be done now up- 

 on their recovery from it, by fome of the 

 methods given in the lafl chapter -y and 

 though they be kept on the wide-v/oven 

 hurdieSj yet they need have nothing under 

 them, unlefs it v^ere fome loofe ilraw or 

 fuch like, that the air may have the better 

 accefs both to dry the fibres which the leaves 

 make, and to keep the worms cool and 

 refreih'd ; for too miicli heac or any moif- 

 ture would at this age very much hurt 

 them. 



The floping receivers of coarfe paper, 

 bafs-matting, or fuch like, will hinder their 

 dung from dropping through one hurdle 

 upon another, if they are fach hurdles as 

 were woven wide for this purpofe j and 

 this litter may eafily with a. feather or light 



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