SPANISH. If I 



Falconry : — " Esperver pres del niu, si al matin es pris lexal 

 endurar tro almigdia, mas si es pres la nuyt, endrire tro ala 

 tercia dell seguen jom." 



These extracts will serve to convey an idea of the language 

 in which this treatise is written — a curious mixture of French 

 and Spanish. The longest chapter, " De les malaties he de 

 les medecines des ocels specialment de Falcon" (pp. 190-196), 

 contains several of the quaint recipes which characterise so 

 many of the old works on Falconry in different languages. 



Spantsb. 



224. SANCHO VI. (El Sabio). Los Paramientos 

 DE LA Caza. [1180.] Reglements sur la Chasse en 

 g6n6ral par Don Sancho le Sage, Roi de Navarre, 

 publies en I'annee 11 80. Avec Introduction et Notes 

 du traducteur, H. Castillon d'Aspet. Paris. 1874. 

 i2mo. 



This code of regulations relating to the chace was promulgated 

 in 1 1 80 by Sancho VI., the wise King of Navarre. Written 

 upon parchment, it has ever since been preserved amongst the 

 archives of the ancient city of Pamplona, where, after the lapse 

 of 700 years, it has, through the labours of M. Castillon, been 

 carefully transcribed and printed. 



With the exception of the English Forest Laws of King 

 Canute (loi 7-1036), it is believed to be the oldest as well as 

 the most complete code of the kind in existence. 



According to M. Castillon, the earliest document of this 

 character in France is dated 1321, or nearly a century and a 

 half later than that of King Sancho. Le Livre des deduicts de 

 chasse de Gaston Phoebus, Comte de Foix, et Vicomte de 

 B^arn, was composed some years before the Ordounance of 

 1396 which formed the foundation of all French legislation on 

 the subject, and it is curious to note the close resemblance 

 which the work of the French noble bears to that of his Spanish 



