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1. To preferve Birds which are to be fent far off, 
you are only to keep them in Brandy; the ftronger 
it is the better it will be for producing the intended 
Effeft : Spirit of Wine is even preferable. As for 
the reft,' ^it-' is’ indifferent whether the Brandy be 
diftilied from Wine, Corn, or Sugar. 
2. Though the Birds may be put into the Liquor 
fo as one receives them, yet fome fmall Attention 
is to be had, and fome Precautions to be ufed, be- 
fore they are dipped in, which contribute towards 
preferving them in a more perfect State. If any of 
the Bird’s Feathers are bloody, you muft \vafh them 
from time to time with a wet Linnen, till they do 
not any longer leave a Mark upon that Linen., or 
in the Water in which they are foaked. Above all 
it is of Confequence to hinder the Feathers from 
taking a wrong Bent, or rumpling. It is eafy to put 
them into the Shape they are to be, by fmoothing 
them with a Finger from the Head towards the Tail 
in fqueezing them together. This helps the Fea- 
thers to take the Pofition which is mod natural to 
them, and in this Pofition they are kept by wrap- 
ping the Bird up in a Rag, tying about the Neck 
and the Body fevcral times a ftrong Packthread : 
The Feathers on the Neck are chiefly thofe which 
muft be kept from turning aftde or backwards. 
3. -The Precaution of taking out of the Body the 
Inteftines and other Parts it contains, is not abfo- 
lutely neceflary; it is better however to do it: If 
afterwards one fupplies their Place, by filling the 
Cavity of the Belly with all the Quantity it can 
contain of Wool, Hemp, Cotton, or other fofc 
Matter; if you fill the Neck, though without dif- 
tending 
