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efaing them water to bathe in ; never putting 
theta into cages of old wood, never covering 
thefe but with new cloth where there have 
been no moths, and lifting and wailiing t!ie 
feeds and herbs given them for food. Thefe 
little cares muft be bellowed on them if we 
would have them neat and healthy : they would 
be fo if they were in a ftate of liberty ; but 
confined- and ill feen to, they are, like all pri- 
foners, fubject to the evils of captivity. Of 
all thofe we have mentioned, none feem to 
be natural except moulting. There are even 
feme of thofe birds which, in this wretched 
hate of captivity, are never lick, cuftom Teem- 
ing to have made it to them a fecond nature. 
In general, the fault of their temperament is 
excefs of heat, and therefore they conftantly 
need water. When wild, they are found near 
rivulets or wafts places: bathing is neceflary for 
them at all feafons ; for if a plateful of fnow is 
put into their cage, they will lie down in it and 
turn themfelves upon it with figns of pleafure, 
even in time of the greateft colds : this fade proves 
fufficiently, that it is more noxious than ufeful 
to keep them in very warm places. 
But there is another djfeafe to which the Ca- 
nary-Bird, as well as others, fuch as the Gold- 
finch, are fubjeft to, efpecially in confinement ; 
I mean the Epilepfy. The yellow Canary-Birds 
axe moll liable to this falling- fteknefs. which 
