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inflead of Gravel put Mould full cf Ants 

 at the Bottom of his Cage, which I take 

 to be thebeft Live-Food you can give him. 

 If you think he don't Ymg fo free or fo 

 (lout as you would have him, you may put 

 a little Bit of Stick-LIquorlce, and a Blade 

 ofSafforn in his Water, which I look upon 

 v/ill clear his Voice, and make him fing 

 douter. 



fo know the Cock from the Hen, 



SOME fay by the Length of his Heel 

 and alfo by the Largenefs of his Vvingi 

 likewife by his fatting up the Crown upon 

 his Head 5 others fays that if he double his 

 Call two or three Times he is certainly a 

 Cock, but I find all thofe Things ground- 

 lefs, for I have chofen a Farcelof Wood- 

 Larks, and have not been miftaken in one 

 My Way of chufing them is, by the Length 

 of the Bird J the longeft Bird is a Cock. 

 What I always chufe is for the blggeft and 

 longefl Bird, I always find them prove to 

 be Cocks j however, when you have taken 

 them, put them in a fmgie Cage, and if 

 they be good Birds, they will fa ^g in two 

 or three^ Weeks Time, 



This is the beft Bird that his kept In a 

 Cage, excepting a Nightingale; he has 

 fuch a curious, fine, melodious Song,' that 

 he'll take from no other Bird but himfelf, 



except 



