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perpendicular rains and dews ; however^ 

 you ihculd choofe a wall with an afpe6l 

 toward the leaft rainy point, but the north 

 afpecl mufl be excepted j the net alfo 

 Ihould come clofe to the wall on the fides 

 of the tree, and be fafcened with wooden 

 pins to the ground. By this method the 

 worms may perhaps without danger fublift 

 themfelves in their own wild and natural 

 jftate, and may afford you not only an 

 agreeable entertainment, but alfo fome ufe^ 

 ful obfervations, drawn from the worm*S 

 own natural oeconomy. 



When thefe Vv'orms are ready to fpin, 

 they will find convenient places between 

 the wall and the branches of the tree, and, 

 as foon as they have finifhed their (ilk-balls, 

 you fhou'd take them down, and fbriiiging 

 the befi: of them, keep them in the fame 

 room with the reft of your balls defigned 

 for breed, that the moths may come out 

 about the fame time 5 and then pair the 

 wild males with the houfe bred females, 

 and the wild females with home bred males, 

 as far as their number and time of 

 coming out will conveniently anfwer ; the 

 better to effed which, you might mark 

 fome of your own flielves for breed, which 

 went to Jpin at the fame time with thefe 



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