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purpcfe, for a filkworm will fpin in any 

 corner where it can flretch its threads, fo 

 it is able afterwards to form its oval pod 

 upon them j that contrivance which, with 

 little trouble, will have the leafl fiofs pro- 

 duced, would be the beft. 



Note, that in placing the broom round 

 the ftands, it may be ufeful to place fome 

 branches acrofs, mixing them with thofe 

 which (land upright, to give them fome 

 ftifFnefG3 otherwife the fpring of the thread 

 which the worm fpins may, after it has 

 begun its ball or pod, draw the twiggs too 

 clofe, and not leave it fpace enough to fpin 

 in, which I have fometimes feen happen 

 among fome of the fmall detached twigs, 

 that were not made firm by others mixing 

 with them. 



Plate I. Fig. I. in the middle divifion of 

 the (land atG. isfhewn the manner in which 

 the arched arbours are to be formed on 

 each hurdle for the worms to fpin in, ac- 

 cording to Ifnard's method. 



In the other divifion at C I. is fhewn a 

 part of the Hand furrounded with branches, 

 according to the other method. The whole 

 fland is to be furrounded in the fame man- 

 ner, leaving only an open in front at each 



divifion 



