54 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. [PART I. 



The eagle and iron, 

 The goshawk and tarcel, 

 The sparhawk and musket, 

 The French pye of two sorts ; 



These are reckoned hawks of note and worth, but we have 

 also 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 



Gentlemen, if I should enlarge my discourse to the 

 observations Of the eires, the brancher, the ramish hawk, the 

 haggard, and the two sorts of lentners, and then treat of their 

 several ayries, their mewings, rare order of casting, and the 

 renovation of their feathers ; their reclaiming, dieting, and 

 then come to their rare stories of practice ; I say, if I should 

 enter into these, and many other observations that I could 

 make, it would be much, very much pleasure to me ; but lest 

 I should break the rules of civility with you, by taking up 

 more than the proportion of time allotted to me, I will 

 here break off', and entreat you, Mr. Venator, to say what 

 you are able in the commendation of hunting, to which 

 you are so much affected; and if time will serve, I will 

 beg your favour for a further enlargement of some of 

 those several heads of which I have spoken. But no more 

 at present. 



Yen. Well, sir, and I will now take my turn, and will first 

 begin with a commendation of the earth, as you have done 

 most excellently of the air ; the earth being that element 

 upon which I drive my pleasant, wholesome, hungry trade. 

 The earth is a solid, settled element ; an element most 



1 This episode on Hawking is not in the first edition, and it is evident 

 that Walton was not master of the subject. Those who wish to explore it, 

 may consult the works of Turberville, Latham and Markham ; also the 

 'Gentleman's Recreations;' 'Gentleman's Academy;' Elaine's 'Ency- 

 clopaedia of Rural Sports ; ' and Salvin and Brodrick's ' Falconry.' 8vo. 

 1855. ED. 



