ENGLISH. 35 



by and for Trewman and Son. London. Sold by 

 Cadell and Davies, Fleet Street, etc. 1796. 8vo. 



Contains an Essay (pp. 131-164) of no great merit entitled 

 " Historical Outlines of Falconry." 



53. BECKMANN (John). A History of Inven- 

 tions AND Discoveries. Translated from the German 

 by William Johnston. London. 1797. 3 vols. 8vo. 



Article " Falconry" (historical outlines), vol. i. pp. 319-333. 



54. SHAW (George, M.D.). General Zoology or 

 Systematic Natural History, with plates. London. 

 1 800-1 826. 14 vols. 8vo. 



In vol. vii. (pp. 135-140) will be found directions for training 

 Hawks from the French of the Abbe la Pluche. 



55. LATHAM (John). General History of 



Birds. Winchester. 1821-24. 10 vols. 4to. 



For observations on Hawks and Hawking, see vol. i. pp. 56, 

 65> 73> 107-110, 114, 176. 



56. STRUTT (Joseph). The Sports and Pastimes 



of the English People : including the Rural and 



Domestic Recreations, .... from the earliest period 



to the present time. London. 1801. 4to. 



Pp. 1-302, with 39 engravings. The same, fine paper, with 

 coloured plates. Reprinted 18 10, 4to, with coloured plates, a 

 few copies illuminated. New edition by W. Hone, 1830, Svo, 

 with 140 engravings. The same, large paper, roy. Svo. The 

 same reprinted for Thomas Tegg & Son, 1834 and 1838, 8vo. 

 The second chapter is devoted to "Hawking," with four wood- 

 cuts from ancient MSS. The author has fallen into some curious 

 errors which the editor should have corrected ; for exam.ple, in 

 sect, ix., "Caparison of a Hawk," he says: — "The bewits, 

 we are informed, were useful to keep the hawk from winding 



