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known by his gaping, as if making an effort 

 to vomit, and by his panting for breath, 

 take hin3 quietly out of the cage, open his 

 bill with a thin flat stick or a quill, and take 

 away any thing' which may hang about his 

 tongue or throat ; when this is done, give 

 him a little white sugar candy in his water, 

 and he will soon be well again. 



