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bad properties of the goshawk, we may say that in an 

 enclosed country, where no better species can be used, 

 this bird is well worth the trouble of training to rabbits, 

 or, in the case of a strong female, for hare hawking, as 

 also for flying pheasants ; other points in its favour are 

 a hardy constitution, and a readiness to thrive upon any 

 coarse sort of food, as also the power of flying repeatedly 

 during the day, with a less chance of being lost (because 

 it does not fly far at a time) than when a falcon is used. 

 On the other side, the goshawk, however well trained, 

 will not work at all in good temper and proper flying 

 order, termed in the East " yarak," * but will probably 

 take perch in a tree, where it may remain a long time, 

 and then fly off to other trees, paying no attention to 

 any hares, or a live rabbit, or a pigeon in a string, which 

 is of course most annoying to those whose chance of a 

 day's sport depends upon its will ; neither will it return 

 (like the peregrine) to its master, after an unsuccessful 

 flight, but requires him to go in search of it. It has 

 always the appearance of an unwilling slave, being both 

 timid and suspicious. Training consists in accustoming 

 it to sit quietly on the fist, which can only be accom- 

 plished by constant " carriage," and " maning " it, or 

 accustoming it to the presence of strangers. In this 

 respect it is to be treated in the same way as we shall 

 hereafter describe when speaking of the passage hawk, 

 with the exception of the use of the hood, the hood 

 being never put upon the hawk except when travelling. 

 "When at the perch, it should be fastened to a low perch 

 upon grass. From this perch it must be taught to come 

 to the fist for food ; as soon as it will do so readily, it 



* An eastern term to signify when the short winged hawks ai-e in 

 hunting condition. 



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