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upon your hand, making him hover his wings, 
which, when they perceive, they will lie very 
clofe to the ground : then let one take hold at 
one end of the line,, and another hold of the 
other end, till you come at the place where 
they are, holding your Hawk up as you go ; at 
the fight of which, they will lie fo clofe that 
you may very eafily draw your net over them. 
When- you have taken them, give them bread, 
e Sg> an '- bruifed hemp-feed ; put in the bot- 
tom of the cage red fand, and drew them a lit- 
tle meat in the cage for two or three days, and 
they will prefently become tame. 
Sky-Larks are taken in flight with clap-nets 
in great numbers. In fome places they take 
them with a glafs, called a Larking-glafs j this 
they ufe of a fun-fhiny day, which makes great 
havock amonoft thefe birds : but the mofi; de- 
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flruclive way is in the dark nights with a net 
called a Trammel ; it is a very murdering net, 
taking all forts of birds that it comes near, as 
Partridges, Quails, &c. Larks are enfnared like- 
wife with a noofe made with two horfe-hairs 
twilled together, which catches them by their 
neck or legs. This way is pradifed when the 
ground is covered with a deep fnow. 
