'i^(> THE CULTURE 



CHAP, IV. 



Of dijhranching the arbours where the ivof'mi 

 fpin. How to choofe thofe Jilkpods which 

 are defigned for breeds and fort thofe which 

 are to be reeled, 



'T^ H E time in which the fiikworitis fi- 



-^ nifh their filkpods varies according to 



the weather j if it is warm and dry, the 



worm makes quick difpatch j but if it is 



cold or moiftj they are languid, apd fpin 



flowly. You may know whether they have 



finifhed by fliaking the pod in your hand, 



for if the chryfalis is loofe and rattles in 



it, this is a fign they liave done fpinning, 



that is to fayj all that began to fpin at or 



near the fame time with the one on which 



you make tryal. In three or four days 



after the time when the worms began to 



fpin, you may generally gather their balls 



or filkpods from among the branches* 



Begin with thofe flitlves where they fpun 



firfl:, taking the branches and twiggs down 



regularly, and puUing the balls from among 



them fuccelFively as you take them down. 



In 



