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dered and confined by the pressure, either superior 
or lateral, of one worm against the other ; whilst, 
when in full space, the action of their respira- 
tory organs is free, which materially contributes 
to their health. (Chap. XII.) 
First Day of the Fourth Age. 
(Sixteenth of the Rearing- of the Silk-worm.) 
On this day 37 pounds and a half of the young 
shoots will be needed, and 60 pounds of picked 
leaves, coarsely chopped with the large blade 
(Fig. 16.) 
When the moment of removing the worms 
from the hurdles comes, one or two hurdles only 
at a time should be covered over with young 
shoots. These shoots, loaded with worms, are 
afterwards put upon the portable trays and re- 
moved, as in the first moultings. Should there 
not be a sufficiency of small boughs, branches of 
15 or 20 leaves tied together by the stalks, will 
answer the purpose. 
The stiffer these leaves the better they remove 
the worms, and with less inconvenience are they 
carried. 
This removal must be performed by two or 
three persons ; one to fill the portable trays, or 
two to carry them, and one who will gently re- 
move the silk-worms from these trays upon the 
hurdles in the space allotted for them ; in this 
