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it is carried by the Old one, and drawing near, you 

 will hear the young ones when (he feeds them. When 

 you have found out the Neft, touch not the young % 

 for if you do, they will not tarry in the Neft. 



The way to take Branchers^ by others called Pufherr^ 

 ( becaufe when throughly fleg'd the Old ones pu(h 

 them out of the Neft ) I fay, you muft take them after 

 this manner : When you have found where they are, 

 which you (hall know by their Curring and Sweeting y 

 C for if you call true, they will anfwer you immediate- 

 ly : ) having your Tackle all ready, fcrapc, in the Ditch 

 or Bank-fide, the Earth about three quarters of a yard 

 fquare, that it may look fre(h i then take a Bird-trap, 

 Of Net-trap, which you muft make after this falhion. 



Hovo to make a NeMrap for Nightingales. 



Take a Net made of green Silk or Thread, about 

 the compafs of a yard, made after the fafhion of a 

 Shove-net for Fiflies » then get fome large Wyre, and 

 bending it round, joyn both ends, which you muft put 

 into a ftiort Stick about an Inch and an half long s 

 then you muft have a piece of Iron with two Cheeks 

 and a hole on each fide, through which you muft put 

 fome fine Whip-cord three or four times double, that 

 fo it may hold the piece of Wood the better unto 

 which the ends of the Wyre are put, and with a Button 

 on each fide the Iron, twift the Whip-cord, that fothe 

 Net may play the quicker : you muft faften the Net to 

 the Wyre as you do a Shove-net to the Hoop j then 

 get a Board of the compafs of your Wyre, and joyn 

 your two cheeks of Iron at the handle of your Board \ 

 then make a hole in the middle of your Board > 

 and put a piece of Stick of about two Inches long, 

 and a Hole at the Top of your Stick, which you muft 



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