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 may give him a little Groundfeland Saffron 

 in his Water, and boii'd Milk and Bread, 

 with Maw-Seed in it, is very good. 



This is an excellent Pafte for a Bird, ei- 

 ther under the Didemper caird a Surfeit, 

 or the common Swelling : Take a Pinch of 

 Millet-Seed, the fame of Hemp, asalfoof 

 Maw, Rape and Canary ; letthefejuft boil 

 up, rince them in cold Water, to cool them ; 

 then boil a new-laid Egg hard, bruife the 

 white and Yelk together, take about a 

 quarter of the Egg, making it very fmall, 

 put it to the Seeds, and add as much more 

 Eettuce-Seed as any one of the others. Give 

 this to your fick Bird, it has had good Ef- 

 feds on many. But you muft oI)ferve, in 

 the Morning early, before you give this 

 Compofition, to let your Bird"'drink tv/o or 

 three Times Water in which you have put 

 fome Treacle, which you may order thus ; 

 take out your leaden Pot or Glafs over 

 Night, when your Bird is at Reft, put the 

 quantity of two Peas of Treacle in his Wa- 

 ter, but let his Water be clean from any 

 thing elfe, andwhenyou have obferv'd him 

 to^drink two or three 1 imes, take out the 

 Vv'atcr and Treacle, rince your Pot and put 

 in fome clean Water ; this do three or four 

 Mornings before you give him the above- 

 mentioned Compofition, 



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