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very good for the Bird at fuch a Time, Or 

 you may take Millet, Hemp, Maw^ Rape and 

 Capajy-feeds, of each as much as will lay up- 

 on a Six- pence; let thefe juft boil up, rince 

 them in cold Water, to cool thern; then bcU 

 a new laid Egg hard, mince it fmail, bothYelk 

 and White together, take about a Quarter ot 

 of it and put it to the Seeds, and add as muck 

 moreLettice-feed as any of the other : Give this 

 Meat to the ficfc Bird, it has had good Effed 

 on many. But before you give, him this, in 

 the Morning early let your Bird drink two or 

 three Times Water in which you have put a- 

 bout the Qiiantity of two Peas of Treacle; 

 and when you have obferved him to drinfctwo 

 or three Times, take it away and give him 

 clean Water again, repeat this three or four 

 Mornings before you give him the above- 

 mentioned Gompofition. 



Another Malady the Camry-hlrd troubled 

 with, is a little Pimple on his Rump, called the 

 Fip ; it will generally go away of itfelf, but 

 if at any Time it is bad and will not, when 

 it is ripe, let out the fickly Matter with 

 thfe Point of a fine Needle, fqueeze it all out 

 with as much Gentlenefs as you can ; after 

 take a bit of Loaf-Sugar moiftenVl in your 

 Mouth, put it on the Sore, will heal it. 



A Third Difcaie is a Kind of yellow Scabs 

 that comes about their Head and' Eyes, which 

 fometimes fwell and are full of Matter ; a- 



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