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 the other Box, and the Cock will feed the 

 young Ones. 



If you have a Pvlind to bring them up 

 by Hand, (Qed thena with the fame Food 

 as you do Linnets, and take them away at 

 twelve or fourteen Days oki; for if you lee 

 them lie longer with the old Ones, they 

 grow fuUen, and will not feed -, but if you 

 defign to let the old Ones bring them up ; 

 let them alone till the old Ones hatch again ; 

 as foon as they have young Ones, I v/ould 

 have you take the former away, or eife they 

 will fpoil the young Ones by pulling them 

 out of their Neft, or picking them as they 

 lie. I have ioil by this Means feveralNeils 

 of young Ones, but now I take them away, 

 when I iind them. able encueh to feed them- 

 felves. When you take them away, you 

 mull make their Viciuals very good, boil 

 an Egg hard, then take a little of the Yelk 

 likewife about as much of the belt Bread, 

 and alfo a little fcaided Rape-Seed, about 

 a third Part of the Rape-Seed as there is 

 Bread. When it is Boiled foft, you may 

 grind it in a Mill, if you have but few 

 Birdsj'you may take a 1 rencher, and bruiie 

 it with a Blade of a Knife, and niake it ve- 

 ry fine, f3r the finer the belter ^ yoiirAiuQ: 

 likewiie put a little M^w-Seed ai^ong ir, 

 and ib miji it ud alt^'9-eiher, and ^ive th jhi 

 a Fan full of it every Day. You nv-^y lik 1- 

 G 3 Wife 



