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 their Seeds : I doii*t clean their Cages above 

 once a Month, by reafon theHotnefsof their 

 Dung, forces them to Moult. I take a bit 

 of Stick or Knife, to keep their Dung down 

 to prevent dirtying their Feathers, arid fo 

 let them continue in this clofe Stop for three 

 Months, by which Time they will be • 

 ipoulted off, then I open them a little and 

 a little by degrees ; I take off the Blanket 

 firff, and let them ftand fo three or four 

 Days, then open the Door a little way and 

 take them out and clean their Cages, and 

 put them in again with the Door half open 

 for two or three Days longer, then take them 

 out and put them in a warm Place, fo that 

 they come to the Air by Degrees, put them 



little beat Leaf and Liquorice in the Wa- 

 ter, this with a Blad:; of Saffron, v/hichis 

 a very good Thing, when he is drawn offa 

 Stop. After you have drawn them out of a 

 Stop, you'll find them, to Sing lliil more and 

 more, fo that they'll be for the bird-catcher's 

 ufe, or to learn any other Birds their fongs; 

 thofe Birds will continue in Song 'till about ■ 

 Chriftmas, or after, by which ilme moil 

 young Birds are come to their Song. 



'i'hefe Bird-Branchers are very plentiful 

 to be catch'd in Jurx, July ar Auguft^ and 

 likewife Flight-Birds about MrV/^^e/?;?^^ ia 

 great Qiiantities \ I have known forty or 

 i.fty Dozen catch'd in one Day with Clap- 

 !n ets Tbe 



