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APPENDIX. V. 
disposes of his call-birds at proper intervals. 
It must be owned, that there is a most mali- 
cious joy in these call-birds to bring the wild 
ones into the same state of captivity; which 
may likewise be observed with regard to the 
decoy ducks. 
Their sight and hearing infinitely excels that 
of the bird-catcher. The instant that the * wild 
birds are perceived, notice is given by one to 
the rest of the call-birds, (as it is by the first 
hound that hits on the scent, to the rest of the 
pack) after which, follows the same sort of tu- 
multuous ecstacy and joy. The call-birds, 
while the bird is at a distance, do not sing as 
a bird does in a chamber; they invite the wild © 
ones by what the bird-catchers call short jerks, 
which when the birds are good, may be heard 
at a great distance. The ascendancy by this 
call or invitation is so great, that the wild bird 
is stopped in its course of flight, and if not al- 
ready acquainted with the nets,t lights boldly 
within twenty yards of perhaps three or four 
* It may be also observed, that the moment they see a hawk, 
they communicate the alarm to each other by a plaintive note; 
nor will they then jerk or call though the wild birds are near. 
+ A bird, acquainted with the nets, is by the bird-catchers 
termed a sharper, which they endeavour to drive away, as they 
can have no spert whilst it continues near them. 
