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for several hours ; then catch it, and im- 

 merse it in fresh water ; after which, place 

 it back in the cage, and again leave it for 

 awhile. The employment of pruning its 

 wings and setting its feathers straight, will 

 divert its attention from the great grief of 

 captivity, and its appetite being sharpened 

 by the bath, there is little doubt that the 

 bird will soon take freely of what is set be- 

 fore it, and become cheerful and animated. 

 Those birds that at first creep into a corner 

 and sulk and refuse their food, are most 

 likely to do well afterwards; those which 

 eat greedily at once of the artificial food, 

 frequently die from the effect of the sudden 

 change of diet, or else the unnatural indif- 

 ference to the loss of liberty implies that 

 they have some disease which impels them 

 to eat. 



The following is a new and approved 

 method of taming birds : A portion, larger 

 or smaller, is cut off from the inner plume 

 of the pen-feathers, so that the bird cannot 



