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aWeekand every other Day Bread, Egg, 

 and a little whole Hemp-Seed. 



Hozv to know a Cock from a H^n. 



SO ME will tell you by his long Claw, 

 others by the two white Feathers in the 

 Tail ; and others by fetting up his Coppie 

 Crown 3 but all this is no certain Rule. In 

 n\y Opinion, in^ laigeil: and iongeft Bird 

 -in the Nq^. I ahvavs did find did prove to 

 be Cocks. There is no certain Rule to 

 know them bv^ but only the Eignefs and 

 L'^rgen-^/ The befl Way is to take the 

 hrg^iii Bird and put it in a Cage by itfelf, 

 and then you'll hear him record his Song 

 by that Time k is three Weeks or a Month 

 oid 'y the HensYviU makefomefmall Noife 

 but not any thing of a Song. I have had 

 the Cocks at a Month old, get into one ~ 

 Corner of the Cage, and repeat all their 

 Notes over like the old one, but not fo 

 loud J and thofe Birvds that do fo, you may 

 depend upon their being Cocks. 



To take B ranchers or PuJJiers, 

 \ Pu!ker is a Bird that is taken three 

 XX^ four Days after he is flown out of the 

 Neil:, if you let him lie {o long to be run 

 out, then youmgy place yourfelf m aHedge, 

 or in any convenient Place, where you can 

 fee the old one to bring him Meat, which 



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