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" Now riding fast, we soon came by tlie side of the meadows 

 adjoining the warren, where the ' markers ' of M. de Ligne dis- 

 covered three Herons, and at once came to tell him of it. Making 

 up his mind to attack them, the Sieur de Ligne did me the favour 



Fig. 29i.— Herou Havvkiug. 



of giving me a white Gyrfalcon, named 'La Perle,' to let fly; he 

 himself took another, called ' Le Gentilhomme,' and one of his 

 people took a third, named * Le Pinson.' When the Herons heard 

 us approach they became alarmed, and took v/ing while we were 

 yet some distance ofi*; seeing this, we let fly the birds, which were 



