Alberti, Leone Battista
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Architecture
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1755
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For a Place to keep Rabbits in, build a Wall
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of ſquare Stone, with its Foundations dug ſo
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low as to be in Water; within the Space en
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cloſed make a Floor of male Sand, with little
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Hillocks here and there of Fuller's Earth. </
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>Let
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your Poultry have a Shed in the Yard facing
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the South, and thick ſtrewed with Aſhes, and
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over this Places for them to lay their Eggs,
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and Perches to rooſt upon in the Night. </
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>Some
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are for keeping their Poultry in large Coops in
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ſome handſome inclofed Area facing the Eaſt;
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but thoſe that are defigned for laying and
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hatching of Eggs, as they are more cheerful,
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having their Liberty, ſo too they are more
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fruitful; whereas, thoſe which are kept in a
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dark confined Place, ſeldom bring their Eggs
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to any Thing. </
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>Place your Dove-houſe ſo as
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to be in View of Water, and do not make it
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too lofty, but of ſuch an eaſy Heigth, that the
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Pidgeons wearied with flying, or after ſporting
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about in the Air with one another, may gent
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ly glide down upon it with Eaſe and Pleaſure.
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>Some there are who ſay that when the Pidgeon
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has found her Meat in the Field, the farther ſhe
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has it to carry to her Young, the Fatter ſhe
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makes them with it; and the Reaſon they give
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is, becauſe the Meat which they carry Home
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to feed their Young in their Crop, by ſtaying
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there a good While is half concocted; and up
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on this Account, they are for placing the Dove
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houſe on ſome very high ſteep Situation. </
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think too, that it is beſt for the Dove-houſe to
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be at a pretty good Diſtance from its Water,
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that the Pidgeons may not chill their Eggs by
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coming to them with their Feet wet. </
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one Corner of the Tower you encloſe a Kaſtrel,
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it will ſecure your Dove-houſe from Birds of
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Prey. </
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>If under the Door you bury the Head
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of a Wolf ſtrewed over with Cummin-ſeed, in
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an earthen Veſſel full of Holes for the Smell to
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get out, it will bring you an infinite Number
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of Pidgeons. </
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>If you make your Dove-houſe
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Floor of Chalk, and wet it thoroughly with
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Man's Urine, you will bring Multitudes of
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Pidgeons from the Seats of their Anceſtors, to
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take up their Abode with you. </
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Windows let there be Cornices of Stone, or of
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Olive-wood, projecting out a Cubit, for the
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Pidgeons to light upon at their coming Home,
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and to take their Flight from at their going
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Abroad. </
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fined have a View of Trees and the Sky before
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they can fly, it will make them Droop and
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Pine away. </
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>Other ſmaller Birds which you
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have a Deſire to breed, ought to have their
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Neſts and Apartments made for them in ſome
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warm Place. </
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they fly, ſhould have them low, and upon the
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Ground itſelf; for others they ſhould be made
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higher. </
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ment, divided by Partitions on each Side to
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keep their Eggs or Young from falling out of
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the Neſt. </
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than Lime, and Lime than Terraſs. </
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of old Stone new cut is bad; Bricks are better
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than Turf, if not too much baked. </
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>The Wood
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either of Poplar or Fir is very uſeful. </
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Apartments for Birds ought to be ſmooth, clean
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and ſweet, and eſpecially ſor Pidgeons. </
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four footed Beaſts, if kept naſty, will grow
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Scabby. </
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done over with Rough-caſt, and plaiſtered and
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white waſhed, not leaving the leaſt Cranny un
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ſtopped, that Pole-cats, Weezels, Newts, or the
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like Vermin may not deſtroy the Eggs, or the
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Young, or prejudice the Wall; and be ſure to
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make convenient Places to keep their Meat and
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Water in. </
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Purpoſe to have a Moat quite round your Houſe,
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wherein your Geeſe, Ducks, Hogs and Cows
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may water and waſh themſelves, and near
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which, in all Weathers, they may have as much
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Meat lying ready for them as they will eat.
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>Let the Water and Meat for your ſmaller
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Fowls be kept in Tunnels along the Wall, ſo
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that they may not ſeatter or dirty it with their
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Feet; and you may have Pipes into theſe Tun
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nels from without, through which you may
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convey their Food into them. </
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let there be a Place for them to waſh in, with
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a conſtant ſupply of clean Water. </
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Piſh-pond in a chalky Soil, and dig it ſo deep
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that the Water may neither be over heated by
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the Rays of the Sun, nor too eaſily frozen up
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by the Cold. </
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in the Sides, for the Fiſh to run into upon any
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ſudden Diſturbance of the Water, that they
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may not be waſted and worn away by conti
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nual Alarms. </
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>Fiſh are nouriſhed by the Juices
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of the Earth; great Heat torments them, and
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extreme Froſt kills them; but they are very
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much pleaſed and delighted by the Mid-day
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Sun. </
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>It is thought not amiſs to have the tur
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bid Floods after Rains flow into the Pond ſome
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times; but never upon the firſt Rain after the
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Dog-days; becauſe they then have a ſtrong
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Tincture of Lime, and will kill the Fiſh; and
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afterwards too they ſhould be admitted but
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rarely, becauſe their ſtinking Slime is apt to
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prejudice both the Fiſh and Water too; but </
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