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bars, might readily be approach'd to or 

 withdrawn from the bottom of the caul- 

 dron, which would more fuddenly vary the 

 heat. This might be done by making the 

 grate hang on a fwivel, with a handle 

 coming out of the fire place by which it 

 might be raifed or depreiTed. 



It would be convenient alfo to have a 

 tap-hole in the fide of the cauldron, at its 

 bottom, for emptying the water, when it 

 grows foul and fetid from the chyfaUds 

 which foon corrupt it, and, as they fmk 

 to the bottom, cannot eafily be taken away 

 without drawing off the water, which be- 

 fides its ofFenfive fmell doth, by its foul- 

 jiefs, diminifh the luftre of the filk. 



CHAP. IX. 



Some further hints for the improvement of 

 reeling the f Ik from the pods, 



I AM inclined to think that a method 

 might be contrived, for reeling filk from 

 the pods, nearly as advantageous as wind- 

 ing in the crofs, and fubje6t to fewer in- 

 conveniencies. 



Mr, 



