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Give her every night Carting of Feathers or Cottorjj 

 and in the morning mark whether it be wrought round 

 or not, whether fweet or not, whether moilt or dry, 

 and of what colour the water is that drops out of the 

 Carting : by thefe means he rtiall know what condition 

 his H^wJ^is in. 



He alfo ought to regard her Mewts , to fee whether 

 they be clean or not , and give remedies accorditigly. 

 He ought alfo toconfider.thefeafon h for in cold wea- 

 ther he muft fet his Harp}^ in fome warm place where 

 fire is made h he muft line the Pearch with Canvas or 

 Cotton, and muft fet it fo far from the Wall that the 

 IJarv}{ hurt not her Feathers when ftie batcth. If the 

 weather be temperate, he may then fet her in the Sun- 

 fhine for an hour or two in the morning. 



Let no Hens or Poultry come near the place where 

 your Han>}^dot\\ Pearch s and in the Spring offer her 

 water every week, or elfe ftie will foar away from you 

 when (he flieth, and you may go look her. 



If your Havpk^ bathe her felf fpontaneoufly in cold 

 weather after her flight, go prefently to the next hcufe 

 and weather her with her Back to the fire, and not her 

 Gorge,for that will make her fick : and dry your Hajvk 

 if you have carried her in the Rain. 



A good Faulconer will always keep his H^G?;^high 

 and lufty, yet fo that ftie may be always in a condition 

 to fly beft. 



Alfo he muft keep his H^w^ clean, and her Feathers 

 whole : and if a Feather be broken or bruifcd, he muft 

 prefently im,p it i and to that end he muft have his 

 Imping-needlcs, his Semond, with other Inftruments 

 always in readinefs. 



The firrt year it is moft requifite to fly your Gqfhan\ 

 to the Field, and not to the Covert i for fo they will 

 learn to hold out, and not turn tail in the midft of 

 their flight : and when they are mewed Havpk^, you 



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