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w-ebs clipped off, that in laying them the gum 

 may hold them by their; fhafts. When you be- 

 gin to lay them, take a pair of âeel pliers to 

 hold the feathers in ; and have fome gum-water, 

 not tpo thm, and a, Urge^ pencil re^dy to moiflen 

 jthe gumined grourid-woric; by littiç afld Jittie a.s 

 you work it j then lay ypur featlî;çrs on the 

 moiilened parts, which muft not be waterifl)^ 

 but fomething tacky or clammy to hold the 

 feathers, You Ihould prepare ^ parce} pjf frpall 

 leaden weights, 'm the form of fugar-Joave?, 

 which YQ\\ may cafl i-a fmà, by firft rn^aking 

 holes ijn its furface with a pointed fliçk : thefe 

 weights will b^e neccffary to fet on the feathers 

 you have newly laid on to hold them to the 

 gum, till they are dry and fixed ; but you mufl 

 be cautious left the gum come through the 

 feathers ; for it not only fmears them, but dries 

 to the bottoms of the weights, and you will be 

 apt to pull off the feathers with the weights, 

 which will diforder your work. When you 

 have wholly covered your bird with feathers, you 

 muft, with a little thick gum, ftick on a piece 

 of paper cut round, of the bignefs, and in the 

 place of the eye, which you mufl colour like 

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