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r (hall proceed to give you an account of feme other 

 Han^h^ which 1 propounded and promifed m the be- 

 ginning of this Treatife : take them thus in order. 



Of the MERLIN. 



THe Merlin in Plume is much like the Haggard- 

 Faukon, alfo in the Sear of the Foot, Beak, and 

 Talons, and is much alike in Conditions. 



A Merlin well mannM, lur'd, and carefully lookt at- 

 ter, will prove an excellent Harvkc Their Right is 

 fwifter than any other Ha^K. and naturally they flic at 

 Partridge, Thrulh, and Lark. , , r , 



It is a Bird very bufie and unruly, and therefore the 

 Faulconer ought to take fpecial heed and care of them, 

 left unnaturally they eat off their own Feet and Talons, 

 which feveral of them have been known to do, and 

 die thereby. For which caufe, Merlins ought not to 

 be mewM or intermew'd, becaufe in the Mew they of- 

 ten fpoil themfelves. 



She is accounted a^an^^of the Fift, and not of the 

 Lure: but to my knowledge Qie may be brought to 

 love the Lure very well. 



She is very venfurous and hardy, which may appear 

 by her flying at Birds as big or bigger than her felf, 

 with fuch eagernefs, as that flie wi\l purfue them even 

 into a Town or Village. 



If you will flie with a Merlin at a Partridge, chule 



. the Formal, which is the Female, The Jack, is not 



worth the Training. j . n. 



When you have made her to the Lure, and that me 



will patiently endure the Hood, then make her a Tram 



with a Partridge -. iflhe foot and kill it, reward he« 



^ ■ well, 



