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inches thick ; and on the top of that a 

 layer of the horfe-droppings, three inches 

 thick (they fhould be taken up carefully 

 and as little broken as poflible) ; and on 

 the top of the droppings an inch of the 

 fhorteft of the dung from the heap that 

 was fhaken up. This fmifhes the bed. 



THE bed fhould remain fo for fix of 

 eight weeks, by which time it will have 

 a moderate heat, if all has fucceeded as it 

 ought, and will be fit to lay the mould 

 on. It mould be juft milk warm. The 

 mould mould be laid on three inches 



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thick, but muft have no water, until, upon 

 examination of the mould, there appear 

 little white firings amongft it, which will 

 be in about three weeks after. 



IT muft then have a little water once 

 a-week, and if it was made milk-warm, or 

 taken out of the ciftern in the hot-houfe, 

 it would be much better. In about three 

 or four weeks after the white firings ap- 

 pear, the mumrooms will b-gin to come ; 



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