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enthusiastic friend that I would wait until the morrow. I would 

 let that hawk go to rest with the memory of that one big flight 

 in her mind. It will be a pleasant memory, embittered by no 

 thought of subsequent failure. One really severe flight, after a 

 good bout of waiting on, is a fair day's work for any long- 

 winged hawk, unless she is owned by a mere pot-hunter. It 

 may be the first flight of the day, or it may be the fifth — perhaps 

 the sixth or seventh ; but I think it will be well to finish up 

 with it. 



I am glad to be able to give here some actual records of the 

 performances of game-hawks, which have been most kindly 

 given me by Mr. St. Quintin, whose skill in this department of 

 falconry, as in many others, is second to none. 



1882 



August 25 



Grouse 



5 

 2 

 I 

 2 

 2 



In the season of 1882 Mr. St. Quintin and Colonel Brooks- 

 bank, on a moor which they took in Sutherland, took with the 

 hawks 200 grouse, besides three blue hares, killed by the eyess 

 Parachute, and one wild duck. After returning to England, 

 Parachute killed no less than seventy-six partridges, besides five 

 pheasants. 



On the same moor, in 1884, the same gentlemen killed in 

 one day (August 18) five grouse, four black-game (greyhens and 

 young blackcock), and a hoodie crow; and on another day 

 (August 20) eleven grouse. 



