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*moak him with Tobacco i give him frefh gravel, and 

 'et him in a hot place where the Sun fliines, and this • 

 ill cure him if he have ftrength to bask in the 



land. 



Ifyou would have him fing lavi(h, feed him with 

 Cheeps-heart, Egg, Bread and Hemp-feed mixt toge- 

 ither, and put into his water a little Liquoriih , white 

 Sugar-candy , and Saffron : Let this be done once a 



week. 



Upon the firft taking of your Wood-lark^ thus muft 

 you do •, you muft put into your Cage two Pans, one iot 

 minc'd meat, and another for Oat-meal and whole 

 Hemp-feed. Then having boil'd an Egg hard, take the 

 crums of white Bread, the like quantity of Hemp-feed 

 pounded in a Mortar,and mingle your Bread and it with 

 your Egg minc'd very fmall, and give it him. Let there 

 be at the bottom of the Cage fine red Gravel, and let 

 It be (hlftcd every week at farthcf^ i for he delights 

 to bask in the Sand , which will not be convenient if 

 fourd with his Dung. Let the pearch of the Cage be 

 lift'd with green Bays,or which is better,make a pearch 

 of a Mat : and left they fhould not find the Pan fo foon 

 as they (hould do, to prevent famine, ftrewupon the 

 Sand fome Oat- meal and Hemp-feed. 



How to know the Cock is thus : firft, the lar^nefs 

 and length of his Call: Secondly, his tall walking: 

 Thirdly, at Evenings the doubling of his Note, which 

 Artifis C2i\\ Cuddling ', but ifyou hear him fing ftrong, 

 you cannot be deceived. 



Here note, that if a Bird fingsnot that is taken in 

 February and January within one month after, you may 

 conclude him not worth the keeping, or clfe is an Hen 



infiillibly. , . , • 



The Wood-lar\ as it is naturally endewed with m- 

 comparable notes, fo it is a tender Bird, and difficult 

 to be kfpt i but if rightly ordered, and well look'd to. 



