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 the raw, except Initead of Water I ufe fome 

 of the Liquor the Heart was bcild in, but 

 be fure you don't let any of the Fat go a- 

 mongft it. I give thenrrfrefh Victuals eve- 

 ry Day, for if it begins to be ftaie, they are 

 apt to fiing it up, for they don't love it af- 

 ter it begins to fmell. I put them Ants 

 Mould in the Eottom of the Cage, which 

 I generally fhift twice a Week ; this is all 

 I leed them with, \\ hen they are well. I'hey 

 are Birds that always dur.g loofe, and if I 

 find their Dung a little looler than ordinary, 

 I take a little Hemp-Seed, bruled or 

 ground extraordinary well, and put about 

 the Quantity as will lie upon a Silver 

 Groat, and mix it well with a Sheep's JHeart 

 and Egg J ycu may if you pleafe give them 

 now and then a Fig, or Bit of fine Laaf 

 Sugar. It might be expected that 1 fhouid 

 deicribe how to know the Cock from the 

 Hen, but that being difficult, I fhall only 

 jav, that the beil W ay is to know them by 

 their Vent, in Jprii; ur, as by all other 

 Birds, by their l.argenei^, or when you 

 hear themfing. 



Hozv to f.nd the Nightingale's Neft and 



take it. 

 ^ H E builds commonly in a ciofe Quick- 

 ie fet Fledge, at the Comb of the Ditch, 

 vvnere there is great Store of Briers, and o- 



ther 



