2^2 THE CULTURE 



The reeds, or other materials of which 

 the hurdles are made, are fuppofed to be 

 placed fo clofe that, after their third moul- 

 ting, little or none of their litter can fall 

 through, leaft it fliould incommode the 

 hurdles which are placed below one ano- 

 ther on the fame Hand. When the reels 

 are placed as clofe as they can be it will 

 not hinder, but that there will be fufficient 

 crevifes for the air to pafs and dry the 

 fibres ; but if the worms lie upon boards, 

 there will be alw^ays a great deal of moif- 

 ture, for want of the free accefs of the 

 air, and they will often require cleaning. 



Before iheir third moulting, the litter 

 they make is fmall and moflly runs down 

 among the v/ithered fibres, therefore till 

 their third moulting it may fufHce, as I 

 have faid, to clean away the litter and 

 fibres once after each moulting, efpecially 

 if the wTather is moderately dry, and they 

 have eaten their meals clean, leaving no- 

 thing but the fibres, which fibres you may 

 raife up here and there with a bodkin to 

 make them lie open, and let the litter fall 

 down. But if it is clofe fultry, and moif- 

 tifh weather you fhould clean them often ; 

 for heat and moiflure coming together arc 



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