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them upon them ; then feparate the others 

 which remain coupled, in the manner be- 

 fore directed in this chapter, and place 

 them alfo on the leaves or rufhes, and i'o 

 proceed with the reft of your moths after 

 they have coupled the proper time of eight 

 or ten hours. The males are to be thrown 

 away, and none of them to be left among 

 the females which are laying their eggs, 

 for they would only difturb and hinder 

 them. In putting the moths on the leaves 

 or rufhes, you may place them fo throng, 

 that there will be about twice fo much 

 fpace empty as what they cover, which 

 will leave fufficient room to lay their eggs. 

 If you make ufe of a imall net of the 

 fize of your drawer, looping it over the 

 heads of a few fmall nails all round the 

 edge of the leaves or rufhes, and proping 

 the middle with a piece of bulruih (becaufe 

 they will lay their eggs on the prop) about 

 three or four inches long, to keep the net 

 from preffing on the moths, you will by 

 this hinder them from creeping off the 

 ruflies, and laying their eggs againfl the 

 fides of the drawer, from which you would 

 find it very troublefome to feparate them. 

 Or you may with a needle and thread 

 O 4 firing 



