SNEEZING AND SWEATING. I5 



a slight sprinkling — with the hand — with cold 

 water : then feeding only on rape-seed which had 

 been previously soaked in water, and a liberal supply 

 of apple and green stuff, as recommended above, 

 has generally effected a cure. 



Rupture. — ^ A kind of indigestion causes inflam- 

 mation of the intestines, to which young birds are 

 more especially subject. The symptoms are a swelling 

 of the body, which, on blowing up the feathers, looks 

 semi-transparent, and full of red veins ; at the lower 

 part are black turgid lumps, as though the intestines 

 had fallen there in a knotted state. The cause of 

 this is generally an over-abundance of nutrition, or 

 bad or stale food or water ; the remedy, if any there 

 be, a spare diet, with a little alum or salt in the 

 drink ; groats and oatmeal are good in this case ; if 

 the bowels should be much relaxed, give bruised 

 hemp and maw seed, with a little stale sponge-cake 

 soaked in sherry wine. Sometimes the feathers of 

 the bird come off : then rub the bare parts with fresh 

 lard, or oil of almonds. 



Yellow Gall makes its appearance about the 

 head and eyes ; sometimes there is a small ulcer the 

 size of a hemp-seed. This must be carefully cut off 

 with a sharp penknife, and the place anointed with 

 fresh butter, or washed with chamber-lye ; the bird 

 should have fresh nourishing food. 



Sneezing, often caused by an obstruction of the 

 nostrils, may be cured by passing a very fine feather 

 through them ; sometimes it is the result of a cold. 

 Good food, and careful exclusion from draughts, are 

 the remedies in this case. 



