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copy has been forwarded for inspection by M. Pichot, of Paris, 

 the writer is indebted to Mr. F. V. Dickins, who has furnished 

 a translation of the most material portion of it. 



This author states that hawking was practised in China 

 during the Han and Tang dynasties {i.e., from B.C. 206 and 

 from A.D. 618), and that it was introduced into Japan in the 

 forty-seventh year of the Empress Tingu (a.d. 244) from Haku- 

 sai, in Corea, and again in the forty-second year of the Emperor 

 Nintoku (a.d. 355), who was the first really to hunt with hawks. 

 (See note to No. 365.) 



Amongst the birds mentioned by this author are — 0-washi- 

 taka, the great Eagle Hawk ; Kasumi-taka, the Mist-hawk ; 

 Hai-taka, the Sparrow-hawk ; Shiva-bu-taka, white-barred hawk ; 

 No sushi-taka, the Moor-hawk -, Koi-kiri-taka, the pike-catching 

 hawk (Osprey); Mushi kui-taka, the insect-eating hawk; 

 Kaviome-nari taka, the gull-like hawk (Harrier) ; and Mashiro- 

 taka, the pure white hawk (Gerfalcon). Besides these are 

 named Mozu, the Grey Shrike, or Butcher-bird, which is trained 

 like a hawk for catching small birds (see note p. 210) ; Tobi, 

 the Kite ; Fukuro, the Owl ; and Mimizuku, the Eared Owl. 



378. MACHIDA HISANARI. Taka Gari 



ICHIRAN. 



Machida Hisanari. a Survey of Falconry 

 Illustrated. Compiled by Machida Hisanari in the 

 9th year of Meiji, i.e.^ of the present era, which com- 

 menced in 1868. 



This modern composition, obligingly forwarded for inspection 

 by M. Pichot, of Paris, may be described as a " broadside," 

 being printed on a single sheet, which measures 20.5 by 14.5 

 inches, and is illustrated, in colours, with figures of the Gos- 

 hawk, d-taka ; the Peregrine, Haya-busa ; and the Sparrow- 

 hawk, Hai-taka ; and with representations of the hawk-house, 

 toya ; perch, chiboko ; glove, yugake ; ^ock, fuseginu ; falconer's 

 bag, haio fukuro {i.e., pigeon-bag) ; creance, oki nawa ; jesses, 

 ashikawa {i.e., leg-leathers); bell, suzu; leash, 0-0 {i.e., the 

 great cord), made of eight strands of silk, red for ordinary 



