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leis it fpread, then nothing but time and cool- 
ing food will carry it off. 
Canary-Birds are fometimes leized with fits, 
and drop from their perches to the grouno, 
where they tumble in convulfions. In this cafe, 
if they are diicovered in time, and plunged in 
a pan of cold water, they will generally recover. 
The laft thing that I fhall take notice of is 
his moulting. You may know when this comes 
on by the bird’s appearing rough, melancholy, 
and often deeping in the day with his head un- 
der his wings, and the cage being covered with 
down and fmall feathers; for the young ones, 
the fir ft year, caft only their down and fmall fea- 
thers, and the fecond their tail and wing- fea- 
thers. 
Careful nurfing is the principal means to pre-- 
ferve birds under this natural malady ; there- 
fore, be fure to keep him warm ; fet him 
fometimes in the fun, when it Urines powerful- 
ly, to bafic himfelf, it will comfort him very 
much, always taking care to keep him from 
cold or wind, which are very prejudicial to him 
at fuch a time ; let him have good nouridring 
food, bedde his common feed ; as fcaided bread 
with the water fqueezed out, and maw -feed : 
you may alfo put a little faffron in his water. 
If the weather is very hot when the birds are 
in their moult, give- them liquorice in their wa- 
ter inftead of faffron, and plantain or lettice- 
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