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How to catch Bmnchers. 

 O U may go to their Breeding Places 

 or fomewhere near them, where you 

 can find a Piece of Turnip -Seed, or a Bank 

 of wild Rape-Seed, or a Place where the 

 old Ones brings them to Water: there you 

 may lay you Clap- Nets, and catch both 

 old and young but young efpeclaily, which 

 are beft, if you have good Son g-Birds to 

 bring them up. 



\\ hen you taken have them, put them 

 m a Store-Cag€ fit for that Purpofe, and 

 take ibme of the Seed which you fine them 

 to feed upon, and, put into the Cage, 

 likewife a little find Plenyp-Seed ground or 

 bruifed ; fet them in a Window, or Place 

 ronvenient, where they are not dlflurbed. 

 feeding them with this Vidluals for three or 

 four Days, then Cage them up, either ia 

 Back-Cages, or any other Cages, which you 

 have fiioft convenient; feed them with rape, 

 and a fmall Matter ofCanary-Seed amongli 

 it, vrith fome itw Corns of Plenip. I'his is 

 all to iQQi i\\t Nellling, Brancher, or Lin- 

 net, if well ; if not, you may give them 

 a little Lettice-Seed, or beat Leaf*, you 

 mav likewife put them a fmall Matter of 

 Liquorice or Saffron in the Water. You 

 mav give them a fmall iv,atter of feeded 

 Chick weed now and then j if you find them 



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