Che-keang

Ning-po, which is situated a short distance westward of Chusan, is the principal emporium of Che-keang province.

Mr. Barrow, who observed the management of the trees and silkworms in Che-keang, confirms the usual Chinese accounts by saying that " the houses in which the worms are reared are placed generally in the centre of each plantation, in order that they may be removed as far as possible from every kind of noise; experience having taught them that a sudden shout, or the bark of a dog, is destructive of the young worms. A whole brood has sometimes perished by a thunder storm."