PERSIAN. 197 



and fly him as often as you please in the course of a day. I 

 do not ever recollect seeing my hawks done up from flight 

 after flight, for six hours consecutively ; and I have known a 

 Goshawk belonging to Rizu Kuli Mirza Nayebel Ayaly, a Persian 

 prince residing at Bagdad, take twenty-one Francolins consecu- 

 tively. The Prince assured me, and I firmly believe him, that 

 he made sure of the quarry every time he let him fly from his 

 hand. I have myself taken four hares, and a dozen Francolins, 

 with several minor birds, in one day ; and I invariably found my 

 Goshawk improve by exercise — the more I hunted him, the 

 more he was anxious to continue the sport." 



For the transcription of the Persian and Arabic titles the writer is 

 indebted to Mr. Sydney A. J. Churchill, on the British Legation at 

 Tehran. In his absence from England the proof sheets have been sub- 

 mitted to the eminent orientalist Dr. Rieu, who has most obligingly 

 revised them. 



340. KitAb 'AH Kdmeh Khorasdni. 



The Book of 'Ali Kameh the Khorasdnl — i.e., the 

 native of Khorasan. 



This is the first (No. 47) of three Persian treatises on Falconry, 

 of which the titles only are given by Hammer Purgstall (No. 112) 

 in Persian characters (Nos. 47,48, 49), here transliterated by the 

 kindness of Mr. Sidney A. J. Churchill, of the Persian Embassy. 



341. KiTAB Jemdli Muhammed Ganjevi Samdni, 

 A.H. 540. 



The Book of Jemdlf Muhammed of Ganjeh (E. 

 Caucasus) the Samani. a.h. 540 — ix.^ a.d. 1145. 

 No. 48 of Hammer Purgstall 



