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: but a little older than thcfe young ones, yet flic 
nurfed them with a mother’s attention, an J anxiety. 
After a reparation, fhe flew to them the mo* 
' ment flic was at liberty; and though the op- 
u portunities of efcaping were frequent, flic was 
withheld by her attachment. Her anxiety was fo 
' great, that at length flie died of fatigue; the 
> little ones did not long outlive their affectionate 
J 
J nurfe, whofe care had been fo ufcful to them. 
Young Larks feed on worms, ant’s eggs, cater¬ 
pillars, and grafshoppers ; for which reafons they 
3 are much efteemed in the countries, infeffed by 
thefe infers. 
!’ They are taken in many different ways ; when- 
; the weather is gloomy, they are caught in a net 
e which is ffretched on two poles eigliteen feet 
e long, and carried by two men. Sometimes they 
3 are caught by a long firing, part of w hich is co¬ 
vered with bird-lime, and let drop noon the bird. 
8 by two men, or boys, who walk along the field at 
as great a diffance from each other, as the length 
s of the line will permit, each holding one end in 
his hand. 
Sometimes they are enticed by cal) birds of 
d their own fpecies, (for we cannot deceive them 
i s by imitating their notes,) or by a looking glafs 
s fixed in wood, which by means-of a firing is made 
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