CHAP. I. THE COMPLETE ANGLER, 95 



pray remember these wonders were done by birds of 

 the air, the element in which they, and I, take so much 

 pleasure. 



There is also a little contemptible winged Creature, 

 an inhabitant of my aerial element, namely, the labo- 

 rious Bee, of whose Prudence, Policy, and regular Go- 

 vernment of their own commonwealth, I might say 

 much, as also of their several kinds, and how useful 

 their honey and wax is both for meat and medicines to 

 mankind* ; but I will leave them to their sweet la- 

 bour, without the least disturbance, believing them to 

 be all very busy at this very time amongst the herbs 

 and flowers that we see nature puts forth this May 

 morning. 



And now to return to my Hawks, from whom I have 



made too long a digression ; you are to note, that they 



are usually distinguished into two kinds ; namely, the 



long-winged, and the short- winged Hawk : of the first 



kind, there be chiefly in use amongst us in this nation, 



The Gerfalcon and Jerkin, 



The Falcon and Tassel-gen tel, 



The Laner and Laneret, 



The Bockcrel and Bockeret, 



The Saker and Sacaret, 



The Merlin and Jack Merlin, 



The Hobby and Jack : 

 There is the Stelletto of Spain, 



The Blood-red Rook from Turkey, 



The Waskite from Virginia : 

 And there is of short- winged Hawks, 



The Eagle and Iron, 



The Goshawk and Tarcel, 



The Sparhawk and Musket, 



The French Pye of two sorts : 



related ? The meaning of both is, that the Holy Spirit descended, as a 

 Dove uses to descend upon any thing, hovering and overshadowing it 

 Vide Whitby on Luke 3. 22. Dr. Hammond on the passage, and Bp. 

 Taylor's Ductor Dubitantlum, 254. 



* See the Feminine Monartly; r History of flees, by Charles Butler, 

 4to, 1634. 



