38 BOOKS ON FALCONR Y. 



The author describes (p. 45) " the large tract of land in and 

 near the Chase, called the Hawking Downs, formerly covered 

 with gorse and fern, and the resort of winged game, pheasants, 

 and partridges : and the bordering woods that produced wood- 

 cocks which came to a flight for the hawks in the open glades 

 when disturbed from the woods, and shewed great sport." He 

 refers also (p. 47) to " the English hawks annually trained in the 

 neighbourhood of Bridport in Dorsetshire for the taking of Land- 

 rails in the hemp and flax-fields near that town," and prints several 

 letters (pp. 48-51) from Mr. W. Tregonwell Frampton, who about 

 the year 1670 was " the most active pursuer of this diversion in 

 the West of England." These letters give some curious details 

 of the importation of hawks in those days, brought over in the 

 Russian ships, and the value set upon them. 



For a portrait of Frampton, see The Fields 22nd April 1854 

 (vol. iii. p. 381). 



61. SEBRIGHT (Sir John Saunders, Bart., M.P.). 



Observations upon Hawking: Describing the mode 



of Breaking and Managing the several kinds of Hawks 



used in Falconry. London, Printed for J. Harding, 



32 St. James's Street. 1826. 8vo. 



A practical and now scarce treatise. In preparing it, the 

 author was assisted by Mr. Downes of Gunton, who, with Lord 

 Orford, Col. Thornton, Col. Wilson (afterwards Lord Berners), 

 Mr. Hall of Weston, near Newmarket, and Mr. E. C. Newcome 

 of Feltwell, upheld this sport in England during the first quarter 

 of the present century. 



62. HAREWOOD (H.). Dictionary of Sports : 

 or companion to the field, the forest, and the river 

 side. Containing explanations of every term appli- 

 cable to racing, shooting, hunting, fishing, hawking, 

 etc. With essays upon all national amusements. By 

 Harry Harewood, of Springfield, in the County of 

 York, Esq. London. 1835. ^^- ^^o- 



An improved version of the "Sportsman's Dictionary." 

 (No, 44.) With woodcuts, including the Goshawk and Hobby. 



