[ i6 ] _ 

 give them a great deal o-^ live , Food, but 

 in cafd of Sicknefs it is neceiTary. 1 have 

 railed thirty one Nightingales in one Sum- 

 rrer, and not loll one before they moulted ; 

 I have hadfeveral Fanciers of Nighting- les 

 come, and would perlliade rrie they were ei- 

 ther Branchers or old Ones, becaui^ they 

 Vv'ere raifed {o clean. 1 his makes me a lit- 

 tle curious, becaufe if the Nightingale is 

 not hept clean, he feldom or ever comes to 

 anything} as loon as they come to feed 

 themfelves, well, I put them in a Cage, and 

 in two or three Days put a little Saucer of 

 Water, where they will dabble and walli 

 them.felves, and be as clean as any Birds in 

 the Fields. When you have had them in 

 fingie Cages two or three Days you will 

 hear the Cocks record. 



I wouki not be thought to be too tedious 

 with this Bird, it being a Bird that I eiteem 

 verv much. 



The Wood-Lark. 



THIS Eird is a very fine, melodious 

 Bird, having a delightfiil Variety 

 of Notes, and is thought by a great many 

 Fanciers, to exceed the Nightingale. I 

 have had them fmg agaiufl a Nightingale a 

 whole Hour, llrivlng to outdo him, fo chat 

 I have been forced to take him from the 



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