i8o THE CULTURE 

 having filled a thread of three or four foot 

 long in this manner, tie the two ends of 

 it together, and hang it up out of the 

 reach of rats or mice, which would infal- 

 libly deflroy it. Proceed with the reft of 

 the balls defigned for breed in the fame 

 manner, and firing the fuperfiaous double 

 ones by themfelves. Let them all be hung 

 up in a temperate fituation, if it is a hot 

 climate, but, if it is a cool climate, a 

 warm room will haften the coming out of 

 the moth. The moth will the eafier make 

 its v/ay out if before you firing the balls, 

 you ftrip ou the outer flofs j and if you 

 llring the males and females upon feparate 

 threads it Vv^ill have a convenience which 

 v'iil be mentioned hereafter in the direc- 

 tions about breeding. 



The reft of your iilk-balls which are to 

 be reel'd, muft either be reel'd off direftly;, 

 or, muft be proceeded with fo as to pre- 

 vent the moths piercing them, till you 

 have leifure to do it ; for though the filk 

 of thofe balls which are reel'd off without 

 keeping is faid to appear fomev\'hat more 

 bright and glolfy, yet there will be no dif- 

 ference in the goodnefs of their filk, and 

 of thofe in which the grubs are killed, in 

 2 order 



