186 
THE ART OF REARING 
posing the air to be pure ; if it were damp, they 
would be slower and lazier still, so the best re- 
medy is to remove them at once to a very dry 
and tolerably warm spot. 
Should these worms be very numerous, not 
only should there be the hedge round the hurdles, 
but also the clump and hedges across, that they 
may have every facility for rising offered to them. 
If only a part of these worms appear inclined 
to rise, they should be covered with some leaves, 
and some twigs put over them, that when they 
climb upon these, they may be taken in the hand, 
and put upon the fagots, as they are then ready 
to rise. 
With this assistance, the lazy worms will dis- 
tribute themselves in the branches, evacuate, and 
begin weaving the cocoon. 
Before these few worms are put on the fagot, 
we may form a sort of support or couch of turnip- 
straw for them among the branches, to prevent 
their dropping off, and to give them time to 
fasten themselves to the branches. In this man- 
ner, I have obtained cocoons from almost every 
silk- worm. 
All the silk-worms being off the hurdles, 
having either risen, or been carried away, no 
time should be lost in cleaning the hurdles, which 
will be the last time of performing this opera- 
tion, which must be done with the greatest 
