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you muil make furs of the balls which 

 you intend to wind o.T; and it is better 

 to overdo than not to expofe them fuf- 

 ficiently. After having wrapped the balls 

 up in cloths as dire6led above, keep them 

 fo while any warmth remains ; and take 

 care not to admit the cool air to come at 

 them, elfe the chryfalis may recover and 

 pierce the balls. 



The heat of an oven, fuch as it has af-^ 

 ter the bread is drawn, will generally kill 

 them -J but this requires nicety and atten- 

 dance, for if it is too hot, or they remain 

 there too long, it will fcorch and injure 

 the filk J and if too cool the grub will re- 

 cover as above : the balls fliould be put in 

 bafkets, or in fome ordinary bags that 

 they may not be fcorched by touching the 

 fides of the oven j it might alfo be of fer~ 

 vice to moiften the bags, in order to pre- 

 vent this fcorching ; the oven mouth lliould 

 be well flopped, and in about a quarter 

 of an hour after they have been there, it 

 will be time to take them out; efpecially 

 if upon liftening you hear a fmail crack- 

 ling noife come from them ; after taking 

 them out, you mull wrap them up in 

 cloths made hot, as was before dire6led 



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