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 tiler In Darknefs, or iv. fome private Place, 

 for if he finds the Air comes to his Eyes, 

 he'll rub them open, and then he'll be good 

 for nothing; fo the belt Way is, to keep 

 him in a clofe Box, and to Cover, him fo 

 th: t no Air comes to him for a Fortnight ; 

 by this Time you'll find that hh Eyes, will 

 be fcabb'd over, and almofl: well, in which 

 Time, if vou find him to rub his Eyes, put 

 him up again for two or three Days longer, 

 for if they rub their Eyes open, they are 

 frightful ro look at, and good for nothing. 

 ■ If you have a Mind to bring them up 

 from the Neft, they breed almoft in every 

 Hedge-, and have young Ones at the begin- 

 ing of Moy \ they breed twice or three 

 .Times in the Year, you may take them 

 about ten or twelveDays old, and feed them 

 as you do a Linnet : I need not be too te- 

 dious in Feeding of this Bird, becaufe the 

 lame Food that feeds the Linnet, feeds the 

 Chaffinch: They are a very hardy Bird, 

 and if you would have them Branchers you 

 mud tak^-them in June or July ; you may 

 take them at a watering Place, v/here they 

 come to Water, or in a broad Lane, and 

 may take tiiem with Clap-Nets as you ds^ 

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