13* SDf f otDling* 



have a mind to take -, and as foon as they have f afted 

 hereof, they will fall down into a dead fwound, and (hall 

 not be able to recover themfelves in a good while. 



And as yoa take thefe great Land-fowl with this 

 drunken device, fo you may take the middle and Imal- 

 ler fort of Birds, if you obferve to boil with what food 

 they delight in, a quantity of this Nux vomica. 



Some, ioftead of Nux vomica^ ufe the Lees of Wine, 

 the (harper and quicker they are, the better, boiling 

 their Grains in thefe Lees,alfo Seeds or any other food, 

 and ftrewing them in the Haunts of thofe Birds you 

 would furprize. Thefe do as tffe<i^ually as Nux vomi" 

 ca-i and it's the cleanlier and neater way, there being 

 not that poyfonous quality in them. 



You may chufe whether you will boil your Grain or 

 Seed in the aforefaid Lees i for they will be every whit 

 aseifedtual ifonely (keped a confiderable while there- 

 in, giving them leave to drink in the Lees till they are 

 ready to burfl: before you ufe them. 



Others, having neither Nax vomica^ nor Wine-lees, 

 take the Juice of Hemlock, and fteep their Grains there- 

 in, adding thereto fome Hcnbane-leed or Poppy-feed, 

 cauGng them to be infufed therein four or five days i 

 then draining the Grain or Seed from the Liquor,ftrcw 

 them as atorefaid. The Birds having tailed hereof, are 

 immediately taken with a dizzinefs, which will conti- 

 nue fome hours, fo that they cannot flie i but they will 

 recover again, if you kill them not. U you intend thein 

 for food, let them be iirrt recovered. 



Thus much for the Land \ now let us fpeak of the 

 Water-fowl. 



The ready way by Bait to take fuch Fowl as receive 

 part of their food by land, and part by water, 2islVild' 

 geefe^ Barnacle^ Grey-plover, Mallard^ Curlew, Shovehr, 

 Bitter, Bujiard, with many more ; I fay, the bell way 

 fny experience hath found out is, to take Bellengc- 



leaves. 



