7i A Natural Hi/lory of 



keeping them clean and neat, whereby thejr 

 clog their Feet, which caufes the Claws of 

 feveral to rot off, and breeds the Cramp 

 and Gout in others, and makes them never 

 thrive, nor delight in themfelves. No 

 Birds can be kept too clean and neat, there- 

 fore be fare to let them have twice a Week 

 Gravel at the Bottom of the Cage, and 

 let it be very dry v/hen you put it in, for 

 then it will not be fubjeft to clog. 



In Autumn this Bird is apt to grow ex- 

 traordinary fat and foggy, that fometimes 

 he will hardly touch his Meat for a Fort- 

 night or more 5 during that Time give him 

 three times a Week Meal-Worms, two or 

 three at a time, or Worms taken out of 

 Pidgeon-Houfes, or two or three Spiders 

 a Day, which will purge and cleanfe him 

 well. Upon the falling of his Fat he muft 

 be kept warm, and have a little Saffron 

 in his Water. To raife them when they 

 are very lean and poor, give them Figgs 

 chopped fmall among their Meat, conti- 

 nuing no longer than till they have re- 

 covered their FleQi. 



When they have been kept two or three 

 Years in a Cage, they are very fubjeft to 

 the Gout 5 anoint their Feet with frefh 

 Butter or Capon's Greafe, three or four 

 Days together, and it is a certain Cure for 



them. 



