e corner of the cage, so that the birds may pull it out
as they want it to build with. Tame canaries will sometimes breed three
or four times in a year, and produce their young about a fortnight after
they begin to sit. When hatched, they should be left to the care of the
old ones, to nurse them up till they can fly and feed themselves; during
which time they should be supplied with fresh victuals every day,
accompanied now and then with cabbage, lettuce, and chick-weed with
seeds upon it. When the young canaries can feed themselves, they should
be taken from the old ones, and put into another cage. Boil a little
rapeseed, bruise and mix it with as much grated bread, mace seed, and
the yolk of an egg boiled hard; and supply them with a small quantity
every day, that it may not become stale or sour. Besides this, give them
a little scalded rapeseed, and a little rape and canary seed by itself.
This diet may be continued till they have done moulting, or renewed at
any time when they appear unhealthy, and afterwards they may be fed in
the usual manner.

CANCER. It is asserted by a French practitioner, that this cruel
disorder may be cured in three days, by the following simple
application, without any surgical operation whatever. Knead a piece of
dough about the size of a pullet's egg, with the same quantity of hog's
lard, the older the better; and when they are thoroughly blended, so as
to form a kind of salve, spread it on a piece of white leather, and
apply it to the part affected. This, if it do no good, is perfectly
harmless.--A plaster for an eating cancer may be made as follows. File
up some old brass, and mix a spoonful of it with mutton suet. Lay the
plaster on the cancer, and let it remain till the cure is effected.
Several persons have derived great benefit from this application, and it
has seldom been known to fail.

CANDIED ANGELICA. Cut angelica into pieces three inches long, boil it
tender, peel and boil it again till it is green; dry it in a cloth, and
add its weight in sugar. Sift some fine sugar over, and let them remain
in a pan two days; then boil the stalks clear and green, and let them
drain in a cullender. Beat another pound of sugar and strew over them,
lay them on plates, and dry them well in an oven.

CANDIED FRUIT. Take the preserve out of the syrup, lay it into a new
sieve, and dip it suddenly into hot water, to take off the syrup that
hangs about it. Put it on a napkin before the fire t