464 ENTERING 



this call a dog-whistle with a high, shrill note may be 

 used, provided the bird has been trained to it. 



When the hawk is perfect at the dead and live 

 ' lures ' it can be entered at whatever quarry it is 

 required to be flown at. If at partridge or grouse a 

 few, say three, should be netted and let out when the 

 hawk is mounted. They will easily take partridges 

 after grouse when entered in the same way. It is 

 sometimes necessary with a shy bird to let a grouse or 

 a partridge go on a string, and perhaps this may have 

 to be repeated, the string being each time shortened, 

 until at last the partridge, or whatever bird may be 

 used, can be let go without any string at all. 



After these encouraging lessons the hawk is ready 

 for the field, but the falconer should have a live pigeon 

 in his bag, to let go in case the falcon should be dis- 

 appointed in its first flight ; if not it may be lost the 

 next time of trying, by going off after some other 

 quarry. 



At first ' eyasses ' should only be tried at young 

 birds. When they kill well they sometimes become 

 too confident, and try their hand at some old cock 

 grouse, which may take them a long way. With such 

 birds a disposition to stray often occurs, and they re- 

 quire to be carefully watched, and brought in with the 

 * lure ' when they appear to be soaring away, as they 

 are apt to do in hot, sunny weather, and not allowed 

 out any longer until they are in better ' yarak ' — hunt- 

 ing condition. 



Health and Condition. 



The chief point which the falconer has now to study, 

 in order to enjoy good sport with his hawk, is to keep 



