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20. Note on the Drum in Falconry. 
By Lievr.-Cotonet D. C, apres Secretary, Board of 
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What the precise use of the drum in falconry was it is 
difficult to determine. The drum does not appear to be now used 
in India, but probably it is still used by the Turks of Central 
Asia. In Hyderabad, Deccan, so say old men, it was u p 
till the time of Nawab Nasir® ’d-Dawla, called Asaf Jah a Fourth, 
who, succeeding his father as Nizam of the De ecanin 182 ied 
. ier 1857. Nas it "dh Dawala’s hawking parties are cs to 
bu 
The following extr ts which throw some light on the subject, 
are translated, the first two from Persian MSS. written in a 
and the last from a ete Urdu lithographed work on sport 
From a Baz-Nama written for Muhammad Bayram Bahadur 
an, Khian-i-Khanan, by Muhibb ‘Ali-Khalifa.! 
* CHAPTER XXVI.2 
“On tHE Meraop or Beatinc tHe Drum, How ir sHOULD BE 
BEATEN, AND ON wHicH Sipe or THE SaDDLE IT SHOULD 
BE SUSPENDED. 
“Tt is usually suspended from the right side. Now several 
points are to be observed in beating the drum for the goshawk. 
First, attention should be paid to the flight of the hawk, that is, it 
should be no oted whether the hawk _ high or low, and also 
whether it is raw or thoroughly eutered ; next, attention should be 
directed to the water, to see whether the ection is little or great ; 
next to the Species of duck < be flown at; and next to the wind, 
to see if it is strong or sli 
“Tf the goshawk is noth it must first, for some days, be 
From a new and perfect MS. in EF: abner of the Board of Exami- 
ners, Calcutta, cae from one in the Library of Sir Salar Jang, eens 
iden eccan sot pee nted by Salon eb Ulend: Nawab ‘Aziz Jang. 
copy in the Asiatic oe of 
Hotel | Pe inferior copy in ete preservation), this chapter i is numbered 
