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listing, mat, w any thing else to prevent the 
stick bruising the tree ; or it would be preferable 
to have a similar thing to a hay-fork, with the 
thongs or grains about three inches long, but 
must be two or three times its weight, with a shaft 
two feet six inches long’. After wrapping the 
iron round as above, sufficiently thick, the person 
thus prepared strikes the trunk of the tree three 
or four times smartly, or if the trunk is not suf- 
ficiently long to allow the performance, the 
stronger branches might be hit so as not to split 
them from the tree. This operation is performed 
most effectually when the sun is shining clear, at 
which time the Caterpillar adheres but slightly to 
the leaf, and on that account it is more readily dis- 
lodged into the sheet. Each person, after shaking 
or moving them from the slit in the sheet, in 
moving the sheet to another tree, must take hold 
of the corner, on the side opposite to that on 
which the slit is made. It must then be carefully 
drawn to the next tree, and so on from tree to 
tree, till it is necessary to clear the cloth. For 
which purpose a fire should previously be pre- 
pared for the reception and destruction of the 
Caterpillar’S, or boiling water might be poured 
upon them, which will answer the purpose ef- 
fectually. 
There are a great number of Recipes on 
record for the destruction of this formidable ene- 
my, a few of which, in addition to those already 
mentioned, shall suffice. 
