Preface
1. Of caterpillars in general, amongst which is comprised the silk-worm
2. Of the silk-worm
3. Of the only food suitable to silk-worms
4. Of the preliminary care necessary for the hatching of the silk-worms
5. Of the small laboratory into which new-hatched silk-worms must be put
6. Of rearing silk-worms in the four first ages
7. Of rearing silk-worms, during the first period of the fifth age
8. Of rearing silk-worms in the last period of the fifth age
9. Of the sixth age of the silk-worm, or chrysalis
10. Of the seventh age of the silk-worm
11. Observations on the varieties of silk-worms
12. Of the diseases of silk-worms, in their different ages
13. Of the buildings and utensils necessary to the cultivation and rearing of silk-worms
14. General view of all the facts stated in this work
15. Of the advantages which the country, the proprietors, and cultivators, must derive from the improvement of the ordinary method of rearing silk-worms
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