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been weakened by Evaporation, and by the aqueous 
Juices extracted from the Flefh. 
6. If thofc Birds are not to arrive by Sea to their 
Journey’s End, if they arc to be carried by Land for 
Fart of their Way, one muft contrive it fo, that they 
may not be liable to be tolled by much Jumbling ; 
and they will be lefs fo, if the Vcflcl is fo much 
fuller of them ; they will clofe the more together. 
In cafe they fhould float too much in the Liquor, 
you need not fcruplc to prefs them with Hay or 
fome other Stuff, which you thruft into the Veflel. 
7. It is Bill more eafy to hinder the Birds from 
being toffed, and they will even be the better pre- 
ferved, if before you fend them you take them 
out of the Liquor, in which they have lain a fuf- 
ficient Time; it has made them fit to dry without 
any Danger of Corruption. Small Birds, fuch as 
of the Bignefs of Sparrows, and even of Black-birds, 
after having been cover’d 8 or 10 Days with flrong 
Brandy, may be taken out without any Fear of their 
being corrupted. Large Birds, and efpecially fuch 
as are very fiefny, are to be kept longer in the Li- 
quor; but there are none or few, for which it may 
not be enough to have lain in it a Month or five 
to fix Weeks. According as you take them out, 
you muft range them one next to the other, and 
upon one another in a Box, filling up the Inter- 
vals with a Matter eafteft to be had, as Chaff of 
Oats or Barley ; that is to fay, thofe fmall Shells 
in which the Grain was wrapped up whi ft it ftuck 
to the Ear. This Chaff is the beft Stuff for this 
Ufe : You may alfo ufe fmall Hay, Mofs, Hemp, 
Cotton, Gfc. Far from its being neceffary to leave 
