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be fo large as that they fliall wafie a great 

 deal of their filk, before they can fix on a 

 proper place; the fize of their balls, which 

 is that of a pigeon's egg, will diredl you 

 in this matter ; and the better to accom- 

 plifh this end, yoii may leave the vacant 

 fpaces, among the partitions of the ar- 

 bours, pretty large and open, till you have 

 done forming the arbours ; and then you 

 may thicken them properly by placing in 

 thefe vacancies, either fmall twigs, or fome 

 kinds of large hollow tubes, fuch as thofe 

 of full grown angelica, and others which 

 have no bad qualities. You fliould gather 

 thefe tubes the year before, when they are 

 white and withered, and if you flit them 

 lengthwife from end to end, they will make 

 a very good conveniency for the worms to 

 form their balls in, being very light and 

 dry, and foft, and fmooth on the infide, 

 and of fuch a form that the worm will im- 

 mediately fall to work in them, and make 

 very little flofs or ufelefs filk^ and if you bun- 

 dle, and lay them by vvdien you have done 

 wath them, they may ferve you many times 

 over ; you may thrufh thefe, along the va- 

 cancies, into the partitions of your arbour, 

 among the twigs and branches, and you 



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