Take 2 gallons of water in a pot or kittle and hang it over the fire,
and put in half a peck of Salt, one peck of fetches 2 pound of comming
seed and 3 ounces of annyseeds let these continue over the fire till
the begin to boyle, then strain the seeds from the liquor and dissolve
in the liquor 2 ounces of Assafetita, and pour in 3 ounces of oyle
of Spike and a pint of aquavite w^{th} this liquor wash your dove
or pigion holes and cast y^e seeds on a table in the house for the
pidgeons to feed on you may use this immediately after they have done
breeding & a month before they begin to breed.