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and beat that field, or the next to it, where I faw any 

 Birds j and commonly in fuch fields there are infinite 

 numbers of Linnets and Green-birds which are great 

 lovers of Hemp-feed. I fay, they fly in fuch vaft flocks, 

 I have caught at one fall of them upon the Cocks eight 

 dozen at a time. 



But to return, there is a pretty way of taking Birds 

 withLime-twi^'S, by placing near them a Stale or two 

 made of living Night-baits, placing them aloft , that 

 they may be vifible to the Birds thereabouts ■■> which 

 will no fooner be perceived, but every Bird will come 

 and gaze, wondering at the ftrangenefs of the fight: 

 then they having no other convenient lighting-place 

 but where the Lime-twigs are,ycu may take what num- 

 ber you lift of them. 



But the Owl is a far better Stale than the Bat, being 

 bigger, and more eafily to be perceived •, befides, he is 

 never feen abroad, but he is followed and perfecuted by 

 all the birds near adjacent. 



If you have not a living Bat or On?/, their skins will 

 ferve as well being fluffed , and will laft you twenty 

 years. There are fome have ufed an Oa-l cut in Wood, 

 and naturally painted, with wonderful fuccefs. 



It i? flrange to me that this Bird above all others 

 fhould be fo perfecuted by all Birds whatfoever , efpe- . 

 cially by the Goofe i and therefore fome arch Cracks in 

 Lincoln-Jhire and other places where are great quanti- 

 ties of Gee/e, obferving their tempers, have made great 

 advantage of then) i for by only throwing a live Otpl 

 among a flock of Geefe, they got as many Quills as they 

 knew what to do with j for the Ge^/^ endeavc'uring to 

 beat the On?/ with their wing?, never left till they did 

 beat the Quills out of their wings , and commonly the 

 beftj which axe Seconds. 



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