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nient place, which branches may be mixed 

 with the fhaviiigs of deal boards, }>eelings 

 of ofiers got from places where bafkets are 

 made, and fuch like materials, being well 

 dried. Among the(e fuch worms will fpin, 

 iinlcfs they are much fpent and grown very 

 Ihort ; in which cafe you may place them 

 in paper cones, or fuch hollow tubes as I 

 mentioned above, where, if they have any 

 ability left, they will not fail to fpin ; 

 their balls however will be but fmall and 

 imperfe6l, and none fuch as thefe fhould 

 ever be faved for breed. A warm place 

 helps the fpinning of weak worms. 



It is ufeful to vifit all the arbours from 

 time to time, and to replace fuch worms 

 as may have tumbled down, and fuch as 

 have ftrayed into places where they cannot 

 fix their balls j or rather you fhould put 

 them upon fuch beds of branche's as have 

 been jufl now mentioned, if they are late 

 fpinners. 



If the worms, at the time of their going 

 to fpin, do feem in general lazy or fickly, 

 to perfume their room with thyme, laven- 

 der, and fuch like fweet aromatick herbs, is 

 good for them j it may be done, by put- 

 ting the lierbs on an earthen plate over a 

 M 4 chafhng- 



