^6 A Natural Hijiory of 



if Green, other wile they will do him no good : 

 Fol: want of Plantain-feeds, give him fome of 

 the Leaves fhred fmall, or a little bruifed 

 Hemp-feed ; putting into his Water as be- 

 fore^ Sugar-Candy, Liquorice, or a Blade or 

 two of Saffron : You may give the Bird now 

 and then a fmall Matter of feeded Chick- 

 weed, and a little Chalk. You muft be Dili- 

 gent at the firft to obferve him when he is 

 Sick, that lb he may have a Stomach to eat : 

 For this Third and worft Sort of Scouring, 

 if it be not taken at the firft Appearance, 

 it immediately caufeth him to droop, and in 

 two or three Days his Stomach will be quite 

 gone, and then all Medicines are Ufelels. 



Linnets are taken with Clap-nets in June^ 

 ^uly and jiugtijl ; and likewife Flight-birds 

 -aboxxi Michaelmas in great Plenty, by laying 

 the Nets near where the Birds come to drink, 

 or feed, or any Spot of Ground they fre- 

 quent. 



As you Catch the Birds, put them into 

 what you call a ftore Cage made for that 

 Ufe, and give them fome of the fame Seed 

 you find them feeding upon, and put into 

 the Cage likewife fine Hemp-feed ground or 

 bruifed ; feed them after this Manner for 

 two or three Days, fetting them vvhere they 

 will not be diftiirbed, and they will foon ' 

 grow tamCj then you may Cage them fingle, 



