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sway," when a genial iron-monger like Mr. Car- 

 negie, for instance, would have furnished sheet 

 iron suits of clothes for his fellow-citizens in place 

 of libraries. Those were great old days (for the 

 knights and royalty). 



A knight always paid his court to his fair one 

 by 



HIS MARKED ATTENTION TO HER FALCONS, 



using the greatest judgment in flying the bird at 

 the proper moment, never losing sight of it, en- 

 couraging it by calls, following it and securing the 

 prey from the death-dealing talons: then, with a 

 caress for reward for the lucky or skillful work, 

 the knight would 



SLIP THE HOOD OVER THE BIRD'S HEAD 



and with all the grace he could assume place the 

 falcon on the slender wrist of the bird's mistress. 



What are the proper terms to use for congrega- 

 tions of animals of different kinds is a question 

 frequently asked, and for the benefit of those in- 

 terested in speaking "according to Hoyle," the cor- 

 rect names have been collected for the reader. It 

 may be well to say that Hoyle in this instance is 

 the ancient custom. 



Today we commonly use the 



COWBOY'S TERM "BUNCH" 

 for everything alive or dead. It is customary now 



