Alberti, Leone Battista, Architecture, 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. </s>
              <s>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. </s>
              <s>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. </s>
              <s>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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              <s>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. </s>
              <s>They
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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. </s>
              <s>If in
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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. </s>
              <s>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. </s>
              <s>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. </s>
              <s>Before the
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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. </s>
              <s>If the Young ones which are con­
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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. </s>
              <s>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. </s>
              <s>Thoſe which walk more than
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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. </s>
              <s>Each ſhould have a ſeparate Apart­
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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. </s>
              <s>Clay is better to make the Neſts of
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              than Lime, and Lime than Terraſs. </s>
              <s>All Sort
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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. </s>
              <s>The Wood
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              either of Poplar or Fir is very uſeful. </s>
              <s>All the
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              Apartments for Birds ought to be ſmooth, clean
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              and ſweet, and eſpecially ſor Pidgeons. </s>
              <s>Even
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              four footed Beaſts, if kept naſty, will grow
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              Scabby. </s>
              <s>Let every Part, therefore, be well
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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. </s>
              <s>It will be very Convenient for this
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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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              <s>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. </s>
              <s>In the Middle,
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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. </s>
              <s>Make your
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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. </s>
              <s>Moreover, make ſome Caverns
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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. </s>
              <s>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. </s>
              <s>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 </s>
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