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S? needle and filk, few up the fkin, beginning 

 " at the breaft, obferving, as you approach to- 

 " wards the vent, to fluff the fkin as tight as it 

 " will bear. This will be eafieft accomplifhed 

 " by means of a fmall piece of flick or ivory, 

 M like a fkewer, till the whole is done : then lay 

 " your feathers of the breaft and belly in their 

 " proper order, and your bird will be com- 

 " pleated. If you would chufe to put it into an 

 " attitude, by introducing a fmall piece of the 

 " wire above-mentioned through the fole of 

 <c each foot up the leg, and into the pinion of 

 <c each wing (.£), it may be difpofed of as you 

 « pleafe." 



Inflead of ufing the foiution of camphor la 

 fpirit of wine, Kuckahn recommends a liquid 

 varnifh, made of two pounds of common or raw 

 turpentine, one pound of camphor, and one 

 pound of fpirit of turpentine. The camphor 

 is to be broke into very fmall pieces, and the 

 whole is to be put into a glafs vefTel, open at 

 top, which is to be placed in a fand heat, till 

 the ingredients are perfectly difTolved (c). 



For the dry compound of cinnamon, burnt 

 alum, and camphor, direcled in the foregoing 



(£) Leman preferved the attitude of Ms birds by a wire 

 run iideways through one wing into the breait bone, the 

 other end of the wire being fattened into the box inclo- 

 ling the bird ; inftead of fattening the ends of the wires to 

 the pinions of the wings, after Captain Davis's method, I 

 have always found it more convenient to fallen them to the 

 breaft bone ; in either cafe this mould be done before the 

 bird is fewed up. 



(c) This is a difagreeble daubing compofition, and is 

 befides unneceffary, as well as any other liquid appli- 

 cation, 



method, 



