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him. When you fee the Coaft clear, and but few that 

 are not taken,you may then take up your Birds,faftning 

 one or two of them, that the other flying over, may 

 light at the fame place. If there be any other open 

 jplace near to that where your Twigs are planted, you 

 muft beat them up : The reafon why they delight to 

 haunt open places, and where Springs do gently run, 

 is becauie they cannot feed, by reafon of their Bills, in 

 places that are hard and ftony i and about thefe Pla- 

 fties, in fnowy Weather, they very much refort. 



The wanner of taking Felfares hy Water- 

 ^ Bird-lime. 



A Bout Michaelmofj or when the cold Weather be- 

 gins to come in, take your Gun and kill fome 

 Felfares i then take a couple of them, or one may 

 ferve, and faften them to the top of a Tree, in fuch 

 manner that they may feem to be alive : Having fo 

 done, prepare two or three hundred Twigs, take a 

 great Birchen- bough, and therein place your Twigs, 

 having firft cut off all the fmall Twigs i then fet a 

 F elf are upon the top of the bough, making of him faft, 

 and let this bough be planted where the Felfares do re- 

 fort in a Morning to feed j for they keep a conftant 

 place to feed in, till there is no more food left. By this 

 means others flying but neer,will quickly efpie the top- 

 bird, and fall in whole flocks to him. I have feen at 

 one fall three dozen taken. 



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How to take Pigeons with Lime*tmgs. 



Igeons are great devourers and deftroyers of Corn j 



wherefore when you find any ground much fre- 



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