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    THEo LAMORTO
ta~te, ati. o the coatrary, to use it too sparingly, would
let til birds e54Pe SO that it is a.matr of nicety to
apply it properly. Whe the busha been properIy pre.
   buhs er h   sirts of a town, or farm-~yard, for these
ir t!eprincipal resorts of sma1l birds, in the cold we -
.        the wrm m    a quik-set hedge, or grove or
     whtethr bush nar ri~do~ f corn, hemxp, flx  n  h
like, are more frequented. Let the sportsman i
chirp of such birds as he sees around the spot, or use a
bird-call which may be purchased for the pupose. On a
hird being hed fst, let it patiently abide, and intice more
to~4tie bush; for the flttring will give an air of~gaiety,
Qd deceve the others. The time for this sport
su-rs to ten o'clock; andI fromn one, to surn-set.
; Another method is by means of a stale, as it is termed.
Abat makes ago     stale, b  t mustbyfasene s   to
e insight t a  sanice. An owl is arstill better s   for
i bird n      goes a broad but it is followed by al small
  bid shlt neigbotrwoo. They will g      t
great ragi4grs abird it ;  and, havisg no cpe
tn t    he t-melimer bush, will bkersn in ast numbr.
Ifa is owl or bat is nt conveniently to be, you
may use ai stuffed one, which will serve. t e purpose, a-
last twenty years. Some have used the i  ofanol
ed    -in wood, and paisted of the natural cou
it hsbeen~ found to succeed tolerably well.
  We shall not enter into the merits of the differcut me-
thads of catching birds with nets and traps, as many ses-
man nd net-makers in Lonon furnsh the former, and
all the cage-makers ane wire-workers make the latter.
There is indeed az trap sold by the bakt-maex, which is
a arge species of mlouse-trap, where the animal can rea-
dily cnter, but is effectaly peented from p ig:
these are intended for catching the commnron iuouse-spar-
row, which make a good ordinary farmrpludijg.,.
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