Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880 · New York : Clark Austin & co. · leaf 244
THE GIRLS OWN BOOK 239 … SILK-WORMS. These insects are perhaps more serviceable than any otherto mankind. Nearly half the world are clothed with the webthey spin from their own bodies ! They abound in China morethan in any other place; it is generally supposed they werebrought into Europe from that country; the ancient…
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