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dlvlfion to feed the worms. Branches may 

 alfo hi this method be fuperadded to thole 

 which furroimd, by laying them acrofs the 

 hurdles on the fides which are quitted by 

 the worms. 



CHAP. II. 



^he jnanagement of the Silkwoj'ms during 

 the time of their fpinnifig. 



WHILE the filk worms are fearchhig 

 for places to fpin then' pods, fome 

 of them will often wander about the mid- 

 dle of the hurdles, waftmg their filk in 

 ufelefs flofs. Indeed, if the ftands are fur- 

 nifhed with arched arbours, as defcribed in 

 the firft part of the foregoing chapter ; or 

 if there is a bufliy partition made acrols 

 the hurdles, which have the broom only 

 placed round them ; in either of thefe cafes 

 the filkworm.s will fcarce mifs of a place 

 where they may readily fpin their pods ; 

 but in large hurdles, that have the twigs 

 only placed round them, you muft often 

 look, and whatever worms you find wan- 

 deruig under the hurdle, or far from the 

 M 2 arbours, 



