THE MODERN HlSTOKy OF SILK. 'Mo 



1812, Steijhen Yon Begh, Obergespaun of the 

 Baranga comitatus, brought liiin to Funfkirchen to 

 give instructions upon tlie subject publicly, which 

 he did with great cflect, and seemed at the time to 

 infuse much ardour into those he taught. 



The greatest attention was paid to this subject in 

 the Banat and the military frontier provinces, where 

 the peculiarity of the constitution, as a military 

 government, gives a singular facility to authorita- 

 tive interference; and the following abstract of the 

 regulations, issued in 1805, pi-esents an illustration 

 by no means devoid of interest, of the mode in 

 which that interference is directed. 



In order to give greater spirit to the culture of 

 silk in the district of the frontier Banat regiment, 

 by the practical education of scholars, the general 

 frontier direction, after deliberation with the masters 

 of the schools, commanded that the holy days, which 

 had hitherto been kept in the months of September 

 and October, should, in future, bo transferred to the 

 months of May and June, and that, during them, the 

 scholars sliould be employed in the management of 

 the Silkworms, under the inspection of a teacher ; 

 one-half of the profits to be given to the teachers 

 and their assistants, and the other half to the scholars 

 who applied themselves diligently to the pursuit ; 

 amongst whom, the four ^vho most excelled were 

 to receive double shares. Tlie stands upon which 

 they kept Silkworms were, in the first place, to be 



