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cramp, anj perhaps the claws will drop off T 
Autumn they will fometimes abftam f rom i h ‘" 
food -or a fortnight, unlefs two or three m~L 
worms be given them two or three times a- 
W< * fc > 0rtwo or thr « fbiders in a dir • tew 
muff likew.fe have a little faffro-, in their wat'e-- 
logs Chopped fmall among their meat will hdo 
them to recover their fldh. When their lev, 
are gouty, they (hot, Id be afcinted with A 
butter, or Capon’s fat tliree or four days tooc'- 
Jher. 1, they grow melancholy, pur white fimir- 
candy into their water, anu feed them with 
fteep’s heart, giving them three cr four m-al- 
worms in a day, and a few ants, wah their 
eggs ; they fnottld alio have faffron in their 
water. 
Thofe birds that are taken before the 23d ef 
April are accounted the bdl, becaufe after" that 
they pair with the hens, They ufoally haunt 
w ods, coppices, and quickfet hedges, where 
they may be taken with trap-cages, baited with 
meal worms ; the* fhould be placed as near the 
fpot where the bird lings as you can, and before 
you fix the trap turn up the earth twice the 
breadth of the cage, becaufe they will there 
look for food. They are aifo taken with lime 
twigs, placing them upon the hedge wnere c hey 
iifuaily ling ; and there ihould be meal-worms 
ftuck at places to draw them into the in, ire. Af- 
ter they are taken, their wings fhould be gently 
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