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fore their time ; and great cold would 

 mortify them as effe6lually as moifturei 

 a bed-chamber therefore is a proper place 

 to keep them in, but not near the fire ; 

 and if the weather grows warm before the 

 mulberry leaves open in fpring, they fliould 

 be removed into a cooler place, to retard 

 them till there is food for the worms. 

 Obferve alfo, that if the weather is cold or 

 moifl: when the moths are put to couple or 

 to lay their eggs, it fliould be done in a 

 place with a fire in it, otherways they will 

 not lay many, nor fo good. 



PLATE I. FIG. IV. 



A. fliews the manner in which the pods 



kept for breed are ftrung and hanged. 



B. fliews a little fhelf of ftifF paper or 



pafte-board hanging under the eggs, 

 to receive any moths which chanced 

 to fall. 



FIGURE V. 

 Reprefents the cloath, on which the 

 moths are to be put to couple, 

 placed againll: the wall ; its lower 

 edge A B. turned up by means of 

 two threads C C. to hinder the moths 

 from falling. 



N. B. 



