The Compleat ^Angler 



There is also a little contemptible winged creature (an inhabitant 

 of my aerial element), namely, the laborious bee, of whose prudence, 

 policy, and regular government of their own commonwealth I 

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

 their honey and wax are both for meat and medicines to man- 

 kind ; but I will leave them to their sweet labour, 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 dis- 

 tinguished 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-gentel, 



The Laner and Lanaret, 



The Bockerel 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 Qoshawk and Tarcel, 



The Sparhawk and Musket, 



The French Pye, of two sorts. 



These are reckoned hawks of note and worth ; but we have also 

 hawks 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. 

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