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unwinding and weaving silk, than to the inventors 

 of the spinning of those products." 



It is so common an amusement with young 

 persons in this country to procure the eggs of silk- 

 worms, rear the insects, and watch their changes 

 that numbers are acquainted with the growth, 

 habits, and manner of spinning of these interesting 

 creatures. Perhaps a sheet of paper is given 

 to a little boy or girl, on which are a number 

 of small specks, no bigger than pins' heads : these 



EGGS A.ND SILKWORMS IN THE FIRST AGE. 



specks, the child is told, are silkworms' eggs, 

 and if he keeps them dry during winter, and 

 then places them in a sunny window in spring, 

 he will get a number of caterpillars from them 



