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INDIAN METHOD OF TREATMENT. 
So favourable is the climate of India to the con- 
stitution of the Phaleena Mori, or Common Silk- 
worm, that they are reared in sheds, and not in 
houses as in China. They are constructed of lattice- 
work, with thatched roofs. They are generally 
fifteen feet broad, and their height from eight to 
nine feet, and length according to the number of 
worms to be reared. In the centre of the building, 
a path of convenient width is left for the free pas- 
_sage of those who tend them. On each side of this 
passage are erected twelve tiers of frame-work, 
made of bamboo, in the form of shallow boxes. In 
these the caterpillars are placed ; and when they 
are fed their full time, and ready to spin their 
cocoons, they are separated, each into a cell formed 
of plaited stripes of bamboo ; and when their cocoon 
is completed, they are subjected to nearly the same 
mode of treatment as in China. 
