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limewash will make it sweet and 

 healthy. Carefully examine the 

 chosen birds to see that they are 

 healthy and free from any kind of 

 disease. Examine their wings mi- 

 nutely to see that their feathers are 

 perfect. Give them half an ounce 

 of Epsom salts in a quart of water to 

 drink ; let this remain in the fountain 

 two days, and by that time they will 

 have had sufficient medicine. If 

 the birds are fat, feed them on bar- 

 ley and bread crusts dried in the 

 oven. If moderately fat, barley will 

 be sufficient to reduce the flesh. 

 The first week fly them in the morn- 

 ing about eight o'clock, on an 

 empty craw, and feed them when 

 they return. The second week, feed 

 them on dried peas, and give them 

 weak linseed tea to drink ; this will 

 strengthen them, and make them 

 full of energy and vigour. Fly them 

 one hour after their breakfast. If 

 their average time of flying is three 



