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Laftly, they are taken from the beginning of Ja^ 

 mary to the latter end of February , at which time 

 they are all coupled and returned to their Breeding- 

 places. 



The way to take them in June, July, and Augujl, is 

 with an Hobby, after this manner ; get out in a dewy 

 Morning, and go to the fides of fomc Hills which He 

 to the riling of the Sun, where they moft ufualiy fre- 

 quent i and having fprung them, obferve where they 

 fall i then furroundr them twice or thrice with you^ 

 Hobby on your Fill, caufing him to hover when you 

 draw near, by which means they will lie ftill till you 

 clap a Net over them, which you carry on the point of 

 a Stick. js- 



If three or four go together, take a Net like, one 

 made for Partridges : when you go with a Setting-dog 

 onely, the Mefh muli be fmaller, that is, a W)^-me(h i , 

 aiad then your Hobby to the Lark^ is like a Setting-dog 

 to Partridges, and with your Net at one draught you 

 may take the whole flock. 



The If^ood-lark^thzt is taken in June, July, and Au- 

 gujl will fing prefently, but will not laft long, by rea- 

 (on of their moulting. That which is taken in Janw 

 ary 2Lnd. February will fing in five or fix days, or fooner i 

 and thefe are the belt, being taken in full ftomack, and 

 are more perfe<5t in their Song than thofe taken at o- 

 iher feafons. 



If in the Cage you find him grow poor at the be- 

 ginning of the Spring, give him every two or three 

 days a Turff of Three-lea v'd-grafs, (as isufedtothe, 

 Skie'lar\) and boil him a Sheeps heart and mince : 

 it finall, mingling it among his Bread, Egg , and 

 Hemp-feed, which will caufe him to thrive e^itraordi- 

 narily. 



If he be troubled with Lice., (a Diftemper he is com- 

 monly afflided withal ) take him out of the Cage, and 



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