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the pods fliould all be raifed with a fkim- 

 riling-diii) out of the water till her return, 

 otherwife by over foaking they would wind 

 off in bun s ; but it is befl to continue the 

 reeling without interruption, and to let 

 frefli perfons fucceed thoie who are tired, 

 The water however mull: be changed as it 

 grows foul, and fometimes fetid, from pods 

 where the worms have been killed fome 

 days before ; the chryfalids when the filk 

 is reeled off them are ufed to feed hogs or 

 poultry. 



The perfon that turns the reel fhould 

 have an eye to the threads and to the loops 

 of wire through which they pafs, that he 

 may apprize the fpiriner when any thing is 

 wrong, for her eyes will be fufficiently em- 

 ployed about the pods. The reeler might 

 alfo re6lify any thing which goes amifs in 

 thofe parts of the thread which are near 

 the reel, for he will always have one hand 

 unemployed, and muft even flop from 

 turning for a little while upon emergency. 

 Though the reeler can change hands as 

 they tire by turning, yet for his eafe I 

 think he might nave a fupport for his 

 arm oppofite to the axle of the reel, and 

 fp to turn the handle only by that motion 



Vv'hich 



