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fbcitt clean, fometimes lifting fine-dry gravel or 
fand upon it, and often removing the dung and 
other foul fluff. You mult take care to fix 
neft-boxes and back-cages, in evsry convenient 
corner and place of the room, at lealt twice the 
number that you have birds, that they may have 
the more variety to chufe a lodging to their 
minds ; for fome love to build high, and fome 
very low, fome in a light place, and others 
will chufe a dark place. 
The belt way to give birds water that breed 
flying, is in a bottle turned with the mouth 
downwards into a kind of gallipot with holes 
in the Tides, made for this purpoie, and to be 
had at the earthen-ware fhops. 
You mult put their feed in a trough or bin, 
with their other food, upon a table or Itool, 
er hang it up by the wall. 
There ought to be two windows in the room, 
one at each end, and feveral perches at proper 
diftances for the birds to fettle upon, as they 
fly backwards and forwards. You may fet like- 
wife a tree in fome convenient place of the 
room, to divert the birds, and fome of them 
will like to build in it : you muff obferve that 
their neft is fecure from falling through, and 
if in danger, to tie the tree clofer to prevent it, 
and they will hatch there as well as in any other 
place. Remember not to put too many birds 
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