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sent in the form of foot-note where the statements are unjustified from 
the entomological side. 
The description of the principles and mechanism of the Serrell auto- 
matic silk-reel has been prepared by Mr. Philip Walker, assistant in 
charge of the reeling experiments and machinery at the Department. 
It will be found useful in explaining the advantages which that deli- 
cate and remarkable invention has over the ordinary reel as a labor- 
saver, though no amount of description will impress the fact on the 
mind so forcibly as a few moments’ observation of the reel at work. 
C. Y. R. 
