584 REPTILES AND BIRDS. 
familiarised with strangers, horses, and dogs, which are to be at 
some future date its companions in the chase. When an obstinate 
bird is dealt with its appetite is excited, so as to render it more 
dependent ; with this view it is made 
to swallow small pellets of tow mixed 
up with garlic and wormwood. ‘These 
pellets have the effect of increasing 
its hunger; and the pleasure which it 
afterwards experiences in eating tends 
to attach it more closely to the in- 
dividual who feeds it. 
In a general way, after five or six 
days of restraint the falcon is famed, 
and the falconer can then proceed with 
the ¢raining, to which the former prac- 
tices are nothing but preliminaries. 
The bird is 
taken into a gar- 
den, and taught to 
hop up on the 
hand when called; 
‘ 7 apiece of meat is 
Yi tasseew\\f = shown, to entice it, 
ii Peri whichis not given 
to the bird until 
the requisite ma- 
noeuvre is properly 
executed. The 
meat is then fas- 
tened to a lure, 
or decoy, and the 
same course 1s 
adopted, the bird 
being attached to Fig. 273.—The Lure. 
the end of a string 
from ten to forty yards in length. The Zure (Fig. 273) is a flat piece 
of wood, covered on both sides with the wings and feet of a pigeon. 
The falcon is uncovered, and the /wre is shown to it at a short distance 
off, and at the same time a call is given. If the bird swoops upon 
the lure it is allowed to take the meat which is attached to it. The 
distance is progressively increased, and the falcon is recompensed for 
its docility on each occasion. When, at the full length of the string, 
Fig. 272.—Dressed Falcon. 
