RAW-SILK. 



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having a more abundant supply of light and air (G.) 

 administered to them, would be rendered better ^J^ardo/TrTde 

 food. 



Residents, 



With regard to an improvement in the breed 3i Match isis. 

 of cocoons, the most effectual way, we conceive, 

 would be by an interchange of communication 

 between the several Residents, and by an endea- 

 vour to import from China the most esteemed 

 breed of that country. Previously, however, to 

 our giving any orders on the points above-men- 

 tioned, we desire to receive your sentiments re- 

 specting them, with reference to the 17th, 18th, and 

 19th paragraphs of the letter from the Honour- 

 able Court of Directors. 



There is another circumstance to which we feel 

 disposed to attribute the inferiority of the cocoons, 

 namely, the worms being stinted in their food, from 

 a well-grounded apprehension that the rearers, 

 particularly when the bund is unfavourable and 

 the supply of mulberry-leaves scanty, and conse- 

 quently dear, give the worms no more food than 

 is indispensably requisite and necessary for their 

 support, and we cannot but think that, if the 

 Worms were better fed, the cocoons would be 

 much superior to what they are at present, and 

 that the staple of the silk would be considerably 

 stronger. 



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