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ted that some more renowned sites would exist. 

 Thus we have Hambleton in Yorkshire, famed 

 for a breed used to fly at Wild-ducks ; in Wales, 

 the rock of Llandidno ; and in Scotland, Dum- 

 barton, the Bass, and Isle of Man, all ranked high 

 for the bold and generous dispositions of their 

 Hawks. The birds were preserved with the 

 greatest care, and penalties were attached to their 

 destruction. 



It may be here remarked, that several gentlemen 

 now keep hawking establishments, and take the field 

 regularly, sometimes for the sport itself, and also 

 for the purpose of terrifying the game to sit^ by 

 causing the falcons to fly over them. We have 

 yet few records of the deeds done in this sport, 

 but in Ireland, John Sinclair, Esq. a friend of our 

 correspondent Mr Thompson, seems devoted to 

 it, and has endeavoured to reclaim not only the 

 noble, but has attempted Eagles and Buzzards, 

 and even the most ignoble of the race, the Har- 

 riers, and with a variety of success. This gentle- 

 man procures his Hawks from the more northern 

 eyries in Ireland, and uses them chiefly to fly at 

 Woodcocks, as making the best chase ; and one 

 peculiarity deserves to be mentioned, that the 

 Falcon stops, as it were, instinctively, so soon 

 as the prey arrives at cover.* 



* One of Mr Sinclair's Falcons having killed a Landrail, 

 which it was about to eat on a house top, instantly gave 



