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Ofthe SAKER. 



THe Sak^r is a Paflenger or Peregrin- Hawk, for hei 

 Eyrie hath not been found by any. They are 

 found in the llles of the Levant^ Cyprus^ Rhodes^ and 

 Candia^ and in feveral other Iflands in the Sea. 



She is (bmewhat larger than the Haggard- faul con ■> 

 her Plume is rufty and ragged i the Sear of her foot 

 and Beak like the Lanner j her Pounces are fhort, how- 

 ever (he hath great ltrength,and is hardy to all kind of 

 Fowl. She is more difpofcd to the Field a great deal 

 than to the Brook, and delights to prey on great Fowl, 

 as the Hern, the Goofe, &c. As for the Crane, (he is 

 not fofree to fly at her as the Haggard-faulcon^ The 

 Sah^r is good alfo for lefTer Fowl , as Pheafant, Par- 

 tridge, &c. and is nothing fo dainty of her Diet as 

 Hawk^ long-winged. 



This Hawk^wiW make excellent fport with a Kitc^ 

 who, as foon as (he fees the Sakir ( the Male whereof 

 is called a Sah^ret ) ca(\ off^ immediately betakes her 

 felfto, and trufts in the goodnefs of her Wings, and 

 gettcth to her pitch as high as poffibly (he may, by 

 making many Turns and Wrenches in the Air : which 

 if well obrerve4 , together with the variety of con- 

 te(^s and bickerings that are between them , it cannot 

 but be very pleafant and delightful to the beholder. 

 I have known in a clear day and little wind iHrring, 

 that both the Sah^r and Kite have foar'd To high that 

 the (harpeft eye could not difcern them, yet hath the 

 Sak$r in the encounter conquered the Kite, and I have 

 feen her come tumbling down to the ground with a 

 (irange precipitancy. 



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