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 not Oand for a f\^rtnight, yet with great 

 Care I have brought them to be fine Birds. 

 When I find them crampt, I put P'ern in 

 the Bottom of their Gage, and feed them as 

 they lie, and turn up thQ Fern, as often as 

 they are Feed ; if you cannot get Fern, put 

 clean Straw at the Bottom, and fo keeping 

 them clean, they will foon come to their 

 Legs 5 if you find them crampt, feed them 

 with bitter Vi61"uals, as Nightingale's Vic- 

 tuals, Sheep's Heart and B^gg chopped ve- 

 ry fmall. I cannot give an Account how 

 to know a cock l^hrullifrom a Hen, only 

 as loon as they begin to feed themfelves, 

 they begin to record, both Cocks and Hens; 

 the Cock will get upon his Pearch, and Cm^ 

 his Notes lov/ for fome Time, the Hen will 

 do it only by Jerks, and make you believe 

 they Will fmg, but to no Furpofe. If you 

 are not fatisfied which are the Cocks, keep 

 them till after Moulting, which is about 

 Bartholomew-Tide, for as foon as they have 

 done moulting, the Cocks will break out 

 ilrong in Song. I have had them (m^ 

 out like an old Bird a Fortnight or three 

 Weeks before Michaelmas ; they will fmg 

 with you in Winter as well as Summer. 

 1 hey have very pleafmg Notes, and a good 

 Song. I have known them learn the Night- 

 ingale's or Wood-Lark's Song, and divers 

 others. Of thefe feveral Sorts of Thrullies, 



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