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CANARY-BIRD. 
more than they give her pleafure ; while, when 
fhe fees them come fucceilively one after the 
other, her pleafures are multiplied, and her 
fbrength an.d courage fupported : accordingly, 
very intelligent bird-fancyers have aiTured me, 
that the natural way has always fucceeded bet- 
ter with them than the above-mentioned prac- 
tice. 
Indeed I mu ft fay that, in general, too fub- 
tle practices, and the fcrupulous cares which 
our writers advife us to bellow on the rearing 
O 
of birds, are more hurtful than ufeful ; we mull 
as much as poflible imitate Nature in every 
thing. In their native fpot Canary-Birds haunt 
the breaks of little rivulets, or of moift ravines j 
we mu ft not therefore fuller them to want wa- 
ter, either to drink or to bathe in. As they 
are natives of a very mild climate, we muft de- 
fend them from the rigor of winter 5 but as they 
feem now long naturalifed with us they are ac- 
cuftomed to our cold weather, for we may keep 
them in a room without fire, and even with the 
window open, guarded however with a net- 
work- to prevent their efcape. I have known 
many bird-fancyers uho have allured me, that, 
by treating them thus hardily, they lofe fewer 
tlian when they are kept in warm rooms. It 
is the fame with regard to their food •, it may 
be rendered more Ample, and perhaps the birds 
