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state, to the atmospheric influences, is coun- 

 teracted by the exercise of limb and muscle, 

 which it is unable to take in the cage ; this, 

 therefore, should always be covered at the 

 top when the sun is shining very brightly, 

 and muffled at the side on which the wind 

 sets with green baize, or other thick material, 

 in dull and gusty weather. In wet weather 

 the cage should not be put out at all, except 

 now and then during a gentle summer 

 shower, which is likely to be succeeded by 

 sunshine. 



Leaving cage birds to the care of servants 

 cannot be too strongly reprehended ; by 

 these they are generally considered as a trou- 

 ble and a nuisance, and their destruction, if 

 it be not hastened, is seldom guarded against, 

 for "the sooner they are out of the way the 

 better." Let the lady feed and tend her pet 

 canary, or other sweet songster, herself regu- 

 larly ; ay, let her clean out its cage, too, or, 

 at least, see that it is done, and so repay in 



some slight degree the debt of gratitude 

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