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must keep the bottom of the cage very clean, and when 

 you can get it, strow it with mould full o' little red ants. 

 The Nightingales here almost live on 'em. If you want 

 him to sing when he is quiet, some particular noise will 

 often make him. In my hack 'us there 's a water pipe, 

 and three times out o' four I could make a ha'd sing 

 by turning the cock and letting the water run ; or if a 

 ba'd is alone in a room, and a person choose to leave 

 the door a little open, and rub his foot on the floor and 

 make a scraping noise, he will mostly begin to sing 

 directly. 



E.-A. That is very like our Sedge- warblers at home. 

 They will often sing if we call to them, and even if we 

 throw a stick amongst the reeds where they are hidden. 



B.-C. I don't know that there is anything more that 

 I need tell you, Sar. If you give me an order, I pro- 

 mise ye yow shall have a good 'un. 



C. If you please ; I will depend on your bringing it 

 ten days hence. So now good afternoon to you. 



B.-C. Good arternune, Sar. 



E.-A. We must walk briskly, after having lingered 

 so long. You have seen my Dovecote and my Aviary, 

 and to-day you have caught a Nightingale. I hope we 

 shall be back in good time for dinner ; an ichthyological 

 study awaits you there, a dish of Smelts. I think you 

 will say they bear comparison with Trout. 



