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same food may be continued for a month, 

 or six weeks, supplying them also with all 

 the different kinds of berries as they 

 alternately arrive in season. They must 

 have cherries, straw, black and whortle 

 or huckleberries, &c. during the summer 

 time; in the autumn those of the poke, 

 alder, dogwood and sour-gum, all of 

 which are readily to be found in the 

 vicinity of the city; and, during the winter 

 season, those of the pokeberry, which are 

 dried for the purpose, and can always be 

 had at the best seed warehouses, and of 

 the Virginia juniper, or red cedar. At 

 this latter time, they may receive soaked 

 currants, raisins and slices of mellow 

 fruits, such as apples, pears and peaches. 

 They will likewise eat rice, boiled soft in 

 milk and sweetened, which is very nutri- 

 tious. 



They should also have insects of va- 

 rious kinds, as grasshoppers and beetles, 

 on every possible occasion. Spiders and 

 meal-worms, which last can be obtained at 



