BOOKS ON FALCONRY. 



This author states that, in Japan, Falcons are usually taken 

 young from the nest, but at Oyamada, in the province of lyo^ 

 they are also taken at daybreak in silk nets, three or four feet 

 wide and twelve long, with a mesh of two and a half inches 

 square, the lure being a live starling. The starling is kept in a 

 state of agitation by showing it an artificial snake made of 

 jointed wood and painted to nature. A hawk, on being caught, 

 has jesses of soft leather put on, varvels of stag's horn or hollow 

 bamboo stem, and a long leash, the wings and tail being 

 enveloped in a "sock" made of soft flax, just as described 

 in 1240 by the Emperor Frederick II. in his treatise de arte 

 venandi cum avibus (No. 308), and as practised at the present 

 day by the professional hawk-catchers in Holland. 



370. ANON. Ko KoN Taka No Koto. 



Anon. Notices of Hawks and Hawking de- 

 rived FROM Books, Ancient and Modern. With 

 Figures. 



An 8vo volume, No. 105 of Schlegel's Catalogue, of which no 

 account is given beyond the title ; nor is any reference made to 

 the date or place of publication. 



371. ANON. Ehon Taka Kagami. 



Anon. The Mirror of Falconry — literally, 

 picture-book-falcon-mirror. 



A comparatively modern work, in five parts 8vo, of which a 

 copy is in the writer's possession and another in the collection of 

 M. Pichot. It is profusely and graphically illustrated, and is pro- 

 bably the best book on the subject in Japanese now obtainable. 



The treatise of Konosita Yositomo (No. 367), cited by Schlegel 

 as the Code du Guerrier, contains references to the five follow- 

 ing works relating to Falconry, but, as the Japanese characters 

 are not given by Schlegel, it is not possible to supply a reliable 

 transliteration : — 



372. KATANO SEO SJO. Yo Sex Rok, of which 

 the Chinese title is Yng Tsching Lo. 



No. Ill of Schlegel. The title only mentioned. 



