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 them feed heartily out of the Trough, then 

 th^re is no Occafion to put any at the Bot- 

 tom ; this is my Way of feeding them when 

 they are firfl: taken •, when he is come to his 

 Meat, I don't give him fomuch Hemp-Seed 

 I give him but a very little, and a little 

 Maw-Seed, and boil an Egg very hard •, 

 either grate it with a Grater, or chop it ve- 

 ry Rne, but grating is the beft, and fo mi;^- 

 it amongft his Bread and Hemp-Seed and 

 Mav/-Seed; one Egg will ferve fix Wood- 

 Larks very well for two Days, I feed them 

 every other Day, and if they have then any 

 Victuals left, 1 throw it away, and give 

 them frefh, becaufe it is apt to be ftale and 

 four, or dry, and wiilfpoil the frefh Meat 

 if m.ixed with it i> 1 give them likewife 

 lometimes a little Sheep's Heart, Mutton, 

 Veal or Lamb, or any Sort of Fleili Meat^ 

 boiled or roafted, fo it be not fait, or too 

 much done. 1 his is the only Food that I 

 feed them with, v/hen they are vrell. If I 

 find them out of Order, I give them fome 

 Meal-Worms, ar Hog-Lice, not exceeding 

 above two or three in a Day, becaufe if 

 vou give them too ir.any they v/ill hanker 

 after them, and neglefl: their Food, which 

 is not fo _whoifome foi them. If I find 

 them troubled with the Loofenefs, I great 

 fome Chalk or Cheefe in the Bo. torn of 

 the Cage or amcagil their Victuals, and 



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