Next
morning stir them well together, and put to them so much Crums of Grated
stale white bread as to bring it to a soft paste, work all well together,
and lay it in the trough before the Chicken (which must not be above six in
a pen, and keep it very clean) and let a candle be by them all night. The
delight of this meat will make them eat continually; and they will be so
fat (when they are but of the bigness of a Black-bird) that they will not
be able to stand, but lie down upon their bellies to eat.
TO FEED PARTRIDGES THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN WILDE
You must often change their food, giving them but of one kind at a time,
that so their appetites may be fresh to the others, when they are weary of
the present. Sometimes dry wheat; Sometimes wheat soaked two or three days
in water, to make it soft and tender; Sometimes barley so used; Sometimes
oats in like manner. Give them continually to lie by them; Some of the
great green leaves of Cabbages, that grow at the bottom of the stalk, and
that are thrown away, when you gather the Cabbage; which you may give them
either whole or a little chopped.
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