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ties, which are to catch and hold them 

 ftietched in the nicks of a thin lath E. or 

 between wires bent and fixed in a lath, as 

 reprefented at C. the lath lliould be of the 

 fame length as the oth^with as many 

 nicks, or divifions made by the wire d. d. d. 

 and at the fame diflance as there are threads 

 fixed on the other, into thefe nicks flip the 

 knotted end of each thread, and, ftretch- 

 ing them between the two laths, lay them 

 over the worms 5 then make a veiy thin 

 open bed of bents or hay, and lay it over 

 the threads and worms j upon this bed 

 ftrow their leaves, and when the worms 

 are come through the hay, and are fixed 

 on the leaves, remove all together by 

 means of the two fticks ftretching the 

 .threads which lie under and fupport the 

 bedi and when you have placed them on 

 a clean hurdle flip the knotted ends of 

 the threads out of the nicks, and, taking 

 hold of the other flick, draw away the 

 threads foftly from under the bed, and ufe 

 them in the fame manner for removing 

 other worms, or for difpatch you may have 

 ^ good many of thefe threaded laths. 

 jj; Thefe things are fomevvhat tedious and 

 ,jtroublefome in defcription, but of very 



