JAPANESE. 213 



I'Jl, OUDSIDONO. NiTSi Rai Ki ; in Chinese, 

 Ji Lai Ki. 



No. 1 1 2 of Schlegel, who gives no details beyond the title. 



374. DSI MEO IN. San Kau Ten. 



No. 113 of Schlegel. Title only. 



375. TEI KA (Prince). Taka. 

 Prince Tei-ka. The Falcon (an Ode). 



No. 114 of Schlegel. Title only. 



376. AKIZATO RITO. Kawatsi Mei-Sjo Dsou-e. 



Akizato Rito. Topography of the Province 

 Kawatsi. With Plates. 1 801-1808. 6 vols. 8vo. 



No. 115 of Schlegel. 



This author states that, in China, Falcons were amongst the 

 presents made to princes from the time of the (mythical) Hia 

 dynasty, which commenced about 2205 B.C. Whether the art of 

 Falconry was understood so long ago as this it is now impossible 

 to ascertain. At any rate, we know from Ctesias and ^.lian that 

 it was practised in Central Asia about 400 B.C. {Cf. Ctesice 

 Cnidii Operufti Reliquice, edit. J. C. Bahr, 8vo, Francofurti, 

 1824, p. 250 ; /Elian, de Natura Animalium, lib. iv. cap. 26, 

 edit. Jacobs, Svo, Jenae, 1832.) We learn also from Ctesias, 

 who was physician to the Shah of Persia, Artaxerxes Mnemon, 

 that at this period Falconry was altogether unknown in Persia 

 and India. (See note to No. 347, p. 201.) 



377. NIGIRI-KOBUSHI. Shiju Hachi Taka No 



ZUSAN. 



NiGiRi-KoBusHi. The Fist : or Figures with 

 Descriptions of 48 Kinds of Hawks. 6th year of 

 Hozei, i.e., a.d. 17 10. 



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