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Others keep their Sparrorv-hawkj on the Pearch un- 

 til March^ and tlien throw them into the Mew, peper- 

 ing them for Lice, if they have any. Her Mew Ihould 

 be a Chamber aloft from the ground, ei)^!ic or nine 

 foot long, and about fix foot broad : her Windows 

 and Pearches mult be like the GcQiawks. 



Her Mew being thus pirovided. in May go in to het 

 in an Evening by Candle-light, and taking her up foft- 

 ly-,pull out all her Train-fcatherS one after another : ( his 

 (hall make her mew the bftcr, cfpccially if you feed her 

 with hot meat and Birds, obferving a certain hour id 

 feed her in. 



Once in fourteen days fet water before her in the 

 Mew : if you perceive (he hath any Feathers or Down 

 which Hand ftlring upon her Back,litting as if (he would 

 rouze, then fet her water fooner. If you put water. 

 by her continually, it delays her Mewing s and to 

 keep it always from her, caufeth her to mew her Fea- 

 thers uncleanly : but water once in a fortnight is the 

 beft Medium for her Mewing between thofe tv*/o ex- 

 tream?. 



Thus having given you a fummary account of mo(f 

 Ha)vkf commonly inufe in England^ and in moll parts 

 oi Europe^ (hewing their Shapes, Complexions, Na- 

 tures, manner of Manning, Reclaiming, Ordering, 

 Luring, Flying, Mewing, &c. I (hall next give you 

 an account of the feveral Difeafes and Maladies they 

 aie fubjedt to, with their proper Cures and Remedies : 

 but before I (hall enter thereon, give me leave to in- 

 form the Ol^rager or Faulconer of his necelTary du- 

 ties. 



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