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 droop and Is fickilli, give him three or four 

 Meal- Worms or Spiders, v/hich will migh- 

 tily refrelli him ; but for thi Giddinels ia 

 the Head, give him lix or feven Ear-wigs in 

 a Week, and he will never be troubled with 

 it, which is very fubjecR: to your Robins 

 above all others, except the Bullfinch. If 

 you find he has little Appetite to eat, give 

 him now and then fix or feven Hog-Lice, 

 which you may find in any piece of old 

 rotten Wood \ be fure he never wants Wa- 

 ter that is freflia two or three Times a 

 Week ; and to make him chearful and long 

 winded, give him once a Week ; in his 

 Water, a blade or two of SafiTOi, and a. 

 flice of Stick Liquorice, which will advan- 

 tage his Song or Whiflling very much. 

 This Bird is a very fine Bird, I have known 

 them learn to Whiflle, Speak or Pipe. 



The Wren. 



HE is t'.e fmalleft of Birds, but he has 

 a very loud Song, and fine withal •, 

 he commonly fits and fings upon the Edg@ 

 of a Barn, or in a Tree, near Cow-Houfes ; 

 he mull have a large Cage made with very 

 clofe Wier \ he ought to have one Side of 

 the Cage made like unto a Squirrel-Houfe, 

 and have it lin'd with Coney- Wool, Dog- 

 Skin, or any Thing that is warm : Thefe 

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