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3. Facts relative to the Quantity of Leaves consumed 
by the Silk-Worms during- their different Ages ; Ob- 
servations on the Subject ..... 320 
4. Facts relative to the Increase and Decrease of the 
Silk- Worms in Size and Weight .... 326 
5. Facts relative to the Cocoons that contain the Liv- 
ing, Diseased, or Dead Chrysalides .... 327 
6. Facts relative to the Production of the Eggs . . 338 
7. Facts relative to the Buildings and Utensils . . 339 
Chapter XV. 
Of the Advantages which the Country, the Proprietors, 
and Cultivators, must derive from the Improvement 
of the Ordinary Method of Rearing Silk-Worms . 340 
1. Annual Value of the Production of the Cocoons, or 
of the Silk they yield when Exported. Some Views 
of the Value of the Manufactured Produce which 
can be Exported 343 
APPENDIX. 
2. Annual Profit which the Proprietors and Culti- 
vators may derive from Rearing Silk-Worms, in cases 
when the Proprietors furnish the Leaves, and the 
Cultivators supply the Labour, and they divide the 
Cocoons between them 319 
3. Net Profit which those may Clear who Rear Silk- 
worms entirely on their own Account, either Em- 
ploying their own Mulberry-leaves, or Purchasing the 
Leaves 338 
4. Annual Increase of Riches which the First General 
Improvements in the Cultivation of Silk-Worms would 
Introduce into the Nation, by the adoption of the 
Method I recommend 362 
List of Plates . . 367 
