saY-LARK, 
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l> 7 the content coming in of the old birds, who 
7 fmd thcm out > “ d f°on get them 
ther again. ® 
. Vdhen 5 ’°" tak . e any of thcfe birds - pot them 
in a Inge cage with hay or coarfe bran at the 
bottom, and feed and order them as you do the 
nefllmg. If you hoc them fallen that they 
won’t eat, you muft for a little while cram them 
with deep’s heart, &c they will foon come to. 
lhe.e birds generally prove as good, or better, 
tlian thole railed from the nelL 
t? talt; B ranchers. 
^ £ call all thofe young birds by that name 
that were bred, and flew that year, about two 
or thre'e months old, before they have moulted 
their nettling feathers ; what are taken at that 
age, before they begin to moult, are very good, 
little inferior to the neftliags ; but after they 
have moulted, or in moult when taken, feldom 
prove good birds. 
The time for taking Branchers is in June or 
July, with a hawk, and a net of about eleven 
or twelve yards long, and three or four broad, 
with a line run through the middle of it. There 
muft be two perfons, one to carry the hawk, 
the other to take hold of one end of the line; 
and when you find where Larks lie, get as near 
to them as you can, then hold your Hawk up 
