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Thefe Rules I look not upon as infallible, having found 

 therei contrary to truth by my own experience : Now 

 to undeceive you, take thefe true Experinnental Ob- 

 fervations. Firft, take notice that if any of your Neft- 

 lings (before they can feed themfelves ) do Record a 

 little to themfelves, and in their Recording you per- 

 ceive their Throats to wag, you need not doubt that 

 they are Cocks » but when they come to feed them- 

 felves, the Hen will Record as well as the Cock s there- 

 fore mark them when young, tor it is very difficult to 

 dirtinguilh afterwards. 



Brancbers^ whether Cocks or Hens C when taken and 

 do feed themfelves ) will Record ■•> but the Cock does 

 it much longer, louder, and oftener. 



The beil fort of Nightingales frequent High-ways, 

 Orchards, and fing clofe by houfes : thefe when taken 

 will feed fooneft, being more acquainted with the com- 

 pany of people i and after their feeding will grow fa- 

 miliar, and fmg fpeedily. Obferve, not to untye too 

 foon the Wings of your Nightingale i for if he be not 

 very familiar and tame when he is untyed, he will be 

 apt to beathimfelf againft the Cage, and fo fpoil him- 

 felf. 



Now as to their Difeafes and Cures, oWerve this, 

 that at the latter end of Attguji they grow very fat, 

 either abroad or in a Cage : when it begins to abate 

 when they do not fing, it is a dangerous ligne » where- 

 fore to remedy this, keep them very warm,giving them 

 Saffron in their meat or water : when you perceive the 

 growth of their fat, purge them thrice a Week for a 

 Month, either with a Worm which is found in ?i- 

 gewhoufes, or with a fpeckled Spider, which you may 

 find plentifully about Vines, Currans, or Goofe-berry- 

 bulhes in AuguH^ and at no time elfc. If they are me- 

 lancholy, put into their Drinking-pot fome Liquorifh 

 with a little white Sugar-candy, giving them to feed 



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