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when any of the others do not retain fuf- 

 ficient heat to kill the chryfalis, and thus 

 the water which was ufed but flill retains 

 fome heat, being poured again into the 

 kettle, will foon boil, fo as to furnifli you 

 "with frefh fupplies. It w^ould make this 

 method of killing the worms, by the fteam 

 of boiling water, much more commodious, 

 if, inftead of placing them on the hurdles 

 as before diredled, you proceeded in the 

 following manner, viz. 



Have a broad but Ihallow wicker bafket 

 made, pretty open in the twigs, and of 

 fuch a fize as will fit and go into the ket- 

 tle or boiler j it fliould be of fuch g depth 

 as you find by experience, the fleam can 

 penetrate through the heap of filkballs; 

 this baiket fliould alfo have a wicker cover, 

 to fliut over the filkpods which are put 

 into it. 



Having filled it with pods, fhut the cover, 

 and let it down to within an inch of the 

 hot water, fupporting it by nails, as you 

 were dire6led in ufing the hurdle, then 

 cover it with a cloath. After it has re- 

 mained in this fituation, till you think the 

 chryfalis is killed in the lower part of the 

 pods, take the bafket out, and turning it 



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