214 THE CULTURE 



or four of the principal arms, after which, 

 being again united, their end might lie in 

 a veifel of water placed or hung above the 

 tree. This rope drawing moiflure from 

 the veflel of water, would keep the main 

 branches and flem conftantly wet, and by 

 thefe means help to fupply that gi'eat quan- 

 tity of fluid, which the mofl fagacious Dr. 

 Hales has proved to be perfpired by the 

 leaves ; and if the rope drew more than 

 the bark im.bibed, the fuperfluity woul4 

 moiHen the earth in the box. 



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CHAP. %^^ .b^vorr 



Of the difeafes and mortality InciWentWSilk^ 



i9orms. 



tqai 



WITHOUT reckoning thofe acci- 

 dents, by which the eggs of filk- 

 worms become decayed and mortified be- 

 fore they are put to hatch, and w^hich have 

 been already mentioned ; the filkworm 

 during the time of its formation in the 

 cggy that is, during the time of hatching, 

 is fubje(5l to accidents and mortality : thefe 

 have been partly guarded againft in the di- 

 rections 



