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 Twig, then Jay it uj^on the Top of a 

 Stick, and when he conaes in its Places as 

 before^ and fpies the Meal- Worm, he 

 coires greedily to take it from the Lime 

 I'wig, v/hich holds hiin fait that he cannot 

 move. But the beft Way of taking therrij 

 in my Opinion3 is, in a little Trap, call'd 

 the Nightingale's Trap^ I myfelf have ta- 

 ken a dozen in one Day m this l>ap : It is 

 about the bignefs of a round Trencher i I 

 have them oiads with a green Silk Net, a 

 Watch spring and a Wire as round as tho 

 Trenchers with tha Net fafteii'd to it y thgra 

 is a little Cork that comes through^ and a 

 litck String which comes through likawift, 

 and holds up tha Trap? in which ilick a 

 Fin with a Mesl-Wonn upon It^ and your 

 Cork very flight in it^ and when your Bird 

 puileth the Woroi, thi Net falleth on tha 

 Top of it ; You niuft go ajid pi c© your 

 Trap as near where the Bird fmgs as you 

 cant iHt is in the Middk of tha'Hecfgaj 

 or a Place where ha ufed to fead^ befora 

 you fix tha Trap, for turn up thtj Earth about 

 twice tha- Bigneft of the 1 rap^ iot they 

 look for thsTood where tha Ground is new 

 turned upi aiid efpying the Wornr they 

 come prefently to it, and if they come not 

 prefently, you may turn up twice or three 

 'i imes more, for they v\dli not forfake the 

 Place where they ufe to refort. You may 



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