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if Ripe, you may with a Needle let out the 

 Corruption, and anoint the Part with the 

 Ointment made of freili Butter and Capons 

 Greafe, and feed him, for two or three Days 

 with the Seeds and Leaves of Lettice, or 

 Beets, or the. Seeds of Melon ehopt in Pieces, 

 which he will eat very greedily ; and when you 

 find him to mend, take the Melon Seeds, &c. 

 away, and give him his old Diet again : You 

 may put into his Water a Blade of Saffron, 

 and white Sugar-Candy for a Week or more, 

 till you perceive the Bird to be entirely re- 

 covered. 



The Difeafe this Bird is moft troubled with, 

 is a fcouring ; occafioned by bad Seeds, and 

 many Times for want of Water. There are 

 three Sorts of this Diftemper ; the firft very 

 chin, and with a black Subftance in the Mid- 

 dle, which is not very Dangerous. The fe- 

 cond is between a Black and a White, but 

 not fo thin as the other, but very clammy 

 and flicking, this Is worle than the former. 

 It is recovered by giving the Bird fom.e Melon 

 Seed llired ; Lettice Seeds, and Beet Seeds 

 bruifed ^ and in his Water put Liquorice or 

 Saffron. The third and worfe fort of fcouring 

 is the white Clammy, which is Dangerous. and 

 Mortal, if not looked after in Time. For 

 this, give him firft Flax-feeds, taking away 

 all other Seeds 5 then give him Plantain-feeds, 



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