THE 



Culture of S I L K. 



PART III. 



CHAP. I. 



I'he method of accommodating the SiJkivorms 

 with brajiches proper tojpm their filk in, 



I Have now brought the filk worms to 

 that period of their lives, at which 

 your labour of feeding them ends 5 for 

 from the time that they are quite ready to 

 fpin, they no more ^ake any kind of food, 

 though their life in dTifferent forms laft a- 

 bove a month longer, and, in cold climates, 

 a good deal more. Yet, though you will 

 be ealed of the trouble of feeding thofe 

 which are come to their fpinning time, you 

 will for a few days, till they are all fettled 

 in their v/ork, be obliged to give them a 

 diligent attendance. 



In 



