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in killing them by the heat of the fun 5 

 and, when they are quite cold, expofe 

 them to the air, or to the fun, becaufe the 

 heat of the oven will make fome moifture 

 fweat out of the grubs which are killed, 

 which fhould thus be dryed up, leaft it 

 rot or injure the filk. It is advifed alfo by 

 fome to take the flofs off before you put 

 them into the oven, becaufe, being very 

 delicate, it is apt to be fcorched and injur- 

 ed 3 but if this is neceflary, it would take 

 vip too much time, which at this juncture 

 might be very dangerous, efpecially if it 

 was near, the time in which the moths 

 pierce the filk- balls. 



The third method of killing the grub 

 or chry falls, which is by the fleam of boil- 

 ing v/ater, is preferable to either of the 

 others, as it perform.s the work without 

 any injury to the filk, and alfo with certain- 

 ty and expedition j and, furely, fom.e re- 

 gard is to be had for creatures which die 

 for the ufe of man, fo as to kill them as 

 quick and with as little torture as poflible : 

 it may be done in the following manner. 



In a large wooden vell'el, fuch as thofe 

 ufed in brewing ; put about two foot depth 

 of boiling watery over the water fix an 



hurdle 



