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minifhing in the Oven, if, before you put it in, you 
fill the Cavities of its Body and the Neck with 
feme fofr Stuff, like any of thofe which we men- 
tion'd to be us'd for filling the Cavities of fuch Birds 
as are intended to be preferved by the means of Spirit 
of Wine, viz. Hemp, Flax, Cotton, <£rc. What is 
the mofi difficult in the Way of drying Birds in the 
Oven, is not hitting the proper Degree of Hear, 
and to know the Time how long they are to be 
kept in it: Here will be the Difficulty, how, as this 
Way of drying requires the Bird may be kept in a 
natural Attitude, before it is put into the Oven : If 
dried, it will be fixed for ever in that which it once 
received. There are feveral Ways, plain in them- 
felves, for putting and keeping the Bird in its natu- 
ral Attitude, which however would be too long to 
be explain’d as to the Particulars ; the little we fhall 
fay of them, will be fufficient to induftrious Per- 
fons for their Ufe. The Bird may be kept in Or- 
der by the means of a Frame, made like a Farrier’s 
Travife ; it is compofed of a fmall Board, which 
forms the Bails of ir, the Length of which need not 
be greater than that of the Bird : On each Side of 
this Board rifes an upright Poll of Wood ; thefe 
four Polls are fecured by Traverfes fixed to them 
by fmall Nails: The Ufe of thofe Polls and Tra- 
verfes is to keep fixed the fmall Ribbons and Threads, 
which keep the Body, the Wings, and the Neck 
of the Bird in the Pofuion it has been brought to. 
A Thread run through the Head of the Bird, with 
the Help of a Needle, enables you to place it as 
high or low as you plcafe. There are various Ways 
of fixing the Feet on the Board, with the Claws 
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