GREEK. 183 



captured by pegging down a live pigeon in the midst of limed 

 twigs, or in a net suspended from a tree in front of which was 

 tethered a live fowl or pigeon. 



As soon as taken, the hawk was enveloped in a linen " sock " 

 (as is the practice with the Dutch hawk-catchers of the present 

 day), and kept thus for a day or two until the taming com- 

 menced. It was then placed in a dark room on a perch, to 

 which it was attached by jesses, and the perch had a linen 

 curtain depending from it, as at the present day. 



It was carried indifferently on the right or left hand; was 

 fed only once a day, and had a bath every fourth day. 



The principles of training were the same then as now, but it 

 seems that the hawks were only flown from the hand, and were 

 not put upon the wing before the game was sprung. They were 

 flown at partridges, pheasants, and wild-ducks, the falconer 

 running quickly towards the quarry, and putting it up with a 

 shout, or, in the case of wild fowl, by beating a drum. In the 

 latter case, says the author, the hawk did not carry bells. Each 

 hawk was flown three or four times a day. It is remarkable that 

 no mention is made of the hood, which was first introduced into 

 Europe by Frederick II., who had learnt its use from Arab 

 falconers when in the East. On the other hand, the use of the 

 curtain, though not mentioned by the Emperor Frederick 

 (No. 308), was (as shown above) known to the Greek falconer. 



328. OpV€0(T6(j)lOV aypOLKOTCpOV, 



This anonymous work is the second of the Greek treatises 

 printed by Rigault (op. cit.), and occupies pp. 177-239 of his 

 collection. The Latin translation by Gillius, given in the same 

 volume, is entitled Alius liber de Accipitraria. It is believed 

 to be of later date than the work of Demetrius, and deals 

 entirely with the maladies of hawks and their supposed re- 

 medies. 



329. Opveoau^Lov KeXevaei yeyovog tov aoiSi- 



fiov ^a(n\eit)£ Kvpiov M.i^ari\. 



This treatise, which is also anonymous, was composed for the 

 Emperor Michael VIII., and is the third and last of the Greek 

 treatises printed by Rigault (op. cit.). 



