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was first broken to she or be is apt to fly best at. But, 

 nevertheless, there is no great difficulty to Ijreak hawks 

 from flying at any accustomed game, and make them 

 keen in the pursuit of another. We have observed that 

 almost all hawks are trained with pigeons. It will, there- 

 fore, be expedient to break them from these before they 

 are entered at their intended game, which must be thus 

 managed. Have ready a live bird or beast of the 

 kind the hawk is intended principally in future to fly 

 at ; if you wish to shorten its flight, take out some of 

 the quill feathers, or otherwise retain it loose in a 

 creance. Xow let a pigeon fly so distant from a hawk 

 that she will not be able to overtake it. On the retm-n 

 of the disappointed hawk, let fly another in the same 

 way ; and by adopting this method a few times, she 

 will be completely cured from flying at that bird. 



This may be laid down as a fixed principle, that 

 nothing can be done with hawks without engaging their 

 confidence and regard. 



Heron Hawking. 



It is imnecessary to enter into any particular descrip- 

 tion of the heron, which is in general so well known. 

 From the abundance of the plumage, when flying it has 

 the appearance of being a large bird, but when stripped 

 of its feathers it rarely weighs more than four or five 

 potmds' weight, although its wings extend from tip to tip 

 more than five feet. Its bill is six inches in length, very 

 strong, and very pointed, and its edges slightl}^ sei rated 

 to give it a firmer hold upon the fish it takes ; the 

 middle claw of each foot is also notched, for the same 

 purpose. 



The plumes of the heron were in olden times used as 



