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tcr their recovery from their fourth moult, 

 have arrived to their utmoft growth, be- 

 ing two inches and an half long, and an 

 inch and quarter round, nearly j their co- 

 lour light, but not gloliy, with fome mix- 

 ture of a dark greenifli hue : but in a days 

 time, having prepared and digelted the 

 materials of their filk, they will lofe this 

 greeniih colour, their bodies will get an 

 ivory colour and polifli, toward their necks 

 fomewhat tranfparent, with a little of a 

 faint orange colour. They wdll leave off 

 eating, and before they are ready to fpin, 

 they will fomew4iat leiien in fize^ but their 

 bodies v/ill feel more firm and confiRent 

 than they did before. 



They will now totally defifl: from eat- 

 ing, and begin to wander about, flretch- 

 ing out their heads in queft of a place 

 proper to fix in and fpin their filk-balls. 

 Now though, on account of preferving 

 fome little order and method, the inilruc- 

 tions for accomodating them, at their fpin- 

 ing time, are not given till the beginning 

 of the next part of this tjeatife ; yet it is 

 proper that you fliould have', jok'd forv/ard 

 into that part, in order to have made the 



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