Yih i6-st.il ^T OF SILK. 2^^ 



Square frame, fo as that it may be all at 

 once taken off the clofe hurdle when you 

 intend to dean it : thus four reeds about 

 the tiiicknefs of ones finger being notched 

 and tied together, as dire6led in forming 

 the rim of the clofe hurdle, and having 

 fome fmaller twigs faftcned acrofs it, fo 

 as to divide the fpace into fmall fquares of 

 about fix inches, will make a fufficient 

 fupport for the bedding, which may be 

 fpread upon it fo as to lie about two inches 

 thick, but fo loofe and open that the worms 

 might pafs through the interftices. The 

 outfide flraggling fibres may be confined 



within the verge of the frame by a ftrip 

 of thin matting going round, which will 



-^Ifo form a ledge, and confine the worms. 



3f^ Now ii -3 bedding may either lie upon 

 tlie clofe hurdle, fo that both may be tak- 

 en off the ftand together when you v/ould 

 fhake off the litter, or it may be fupport- 

 ed on the ftand by four nails of its own, 

 while the clofe hurdle is likewife fupport- 

 ed clofe under it by four others proper to 

 itfelf, by which means you may take it 

 away and (hake off the litter without mov- 

 ing the worms. In order to take away the 

 clofe hurdle with eafe the two fartheft nails 



that 



