An English treatise of 1733 on raising silkworms and producing raw silk, dedicated to the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia. It covers the history of silk and its introduction into Europe under Justinian, the silkworm's life cycle, hatching eggs, feeding and housing the worms on shelves, spinning, winding silk from cocoons, preserving eggs, profits, and planting mulberry trees. Engraved plates, copied from Le Tellier, illustrate each stage of the work.