94; THE COMPLETE ANGLER. PAKT I. 



These are reckoned Hawks of note and worth, but 



we have also of an inferior rank, 



The Stanyel, the Ringtail, 



The Raven, the Buzzard, 



The forked Kite, the Bald Buzzard, 



The Hen-driver, and others that I forbear 



to name *. 



Gentlemen, if I should enlarge my discourse to the 

 observations of the Eires, the Brancher, the Ramish 

 Hawk, the Haggard, and the two sorts of Lentners, 

 and then treat of their several Ayries, their Mewings, 

 rare order of casting, and the renovation of their fea- 

 thers : their reclaiming, dieting, and then come to their 

 rare stories of practice ; I say, if I should enter into 

 these, and many other observations that I could make, 

 it would be much, very much pleasure to me : but lest 

 I should break the rules of civility with you, by taking 

 up more than the proportion of time allotted to me, I 

 will here break off, and intreat you, Mr. Venator, to 

 say what you are able in the commendation of Hunt- 

 ing, to which you are so much affected; and if 

 time will serve, I will beg your favour for a further en- 

 largement of some of those several heads of which I 

 have spoken. But no more at present. 



Ven. Well, Sir, and I will now take" my turn, and 

 will first begin with a commendation of the Earth, as 

 you have done most excellently of the Air ; the Earth 

 being that element upon which I drive my pleasant, 

 wholesome, hungry trade. The Earth is a solid, set- 

 tled element; an element most universally beneficial 

 both to man and beast ; to men who have" their several 

 recreations upon it, as horse-races, hunting, sweet 

 smells, pleasant walks : the earth feeds man, and all 

 those several beasts that both feed him, and afford him 

 recreation. What pleasure doth man take in hunting 

 the stately Stag, the generous Buck, the Wild Boar, 

 the cunning Otter, the crafty Fox, and the fearful 

 Hare ! And if I may descend to a lower game, what 



* See Turberville, Latham, and Markham, on Falconry. 



