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feafon has prov'd favourable, or not ; thefe 

 twelve pounds will make about fixteen 

 ounces of reel'd filk, which is worth near 

 fixteen fliillings, befides about eight ounces 

 of flofs. So here then the reeling of the 

 pods doth double the profit. 



You will fee the advantage of forting the 

 balls, as mention'd in this chapter, v^hen 

 you come to that part which treats of win- 

 ding the filk J I proceed now to the me- 

 thod of killing the grubs, to hinder the 

 balls from being pierced. 



CHAP. V. 



T'he methods of killing the Griih or ChryfaVn^ 

 to prevent the Silk-balls from being pierced, 



THE forting and feparating of the 

 ftrong, hard, and thick filk-balls, 

 from the thin and foft ones, as dire6led in 

 the foregoing chapter, will be of fome fer- 

 vice, v/hen you intend to kill the grubs 

 within them, in order to prevent their 

 piercing ; for as this is done by the means 

 of heat, the thick and hard balls will re- 

 quire to be placed where the degree of heat 



is 



