CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION 1 



CHAPTER I. 



-MANUFACTURE OF SILK BY CATERPILLARS OF VARIOUS KINDS . 



CHAPTER II. 



MANUFACTURE OF SILK BY THE SILKWORM 31 



CHAPTER III. 



MANUFACTURE OF SILK BY SPIDERS . 



CHAPTER IV. 



MANUFACTURE OF WAX BY THE HIVE BEE, THE HUMBLE BEE, 

 AND THE WHITE WAX INSECT OF CHINA 



CHAPTER V. 



MANUFACTURE OF HONEY BY THE HIVE BF.E 



B 



