42 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 



And to conclude this part of my discourse, pray remember 

 these wonders were done by birds of the air, the element in 

 which they and I take so much pleasure. 



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 mankind ; 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 

 distinguished 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, 6 



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 goshawk and tarcel, 



