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fed by other cords j and thus you may 

 quickly furnifli your wor;ns with a con- 

 venient place for Ipinning their filk. 



IF the hurdles are very broad, you may, 

 when the worms are near fpinning, draw 

 them towards the fides where the branches 

 are, by fcattering the leaves toward the 

 branches when you feed them j or you 

 may, if neceflary, place them near them 

 with your hands j or, which is eafier, you 

 .may make bufliy partitions acrofs the end 

 of each hurdle by branches laid horizon- 

 tally. 



Du Halde, in his hiftory of Chlna^ fays 

 they there make ufe of matts for their filk- 

 worms to fpin on \ in the middle of tliis a 

 thin ftrip of about an inch broad is fixed 

 on its edgCj and forms fpiral rounds, at 

 about an inch diftant, over the whole fur- 

 face of the matt 3 and between thefe rounds 

 the worms fpin. There would be lefs flofs 

 made in this method, but then the breadth 

 of mattings mud exceed the breadth of all 

 the hurdles whereon the worms were fed, 

 becaufe a fiik-pod takes up much more 

 room than a filkworm. 



It would be endlefs to recite all the me- 

 thods which might be contrived for this 

 M purpofe. 



