162 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. { April, 1908. 
“To cure a lachin from coming to the aha with the goose, 
keep her in high condition so that she may employ her own 
peculiar tactics and strike down the goose.! Since the goose is 
very heavy, it cannot protect itself as a crane does; it comes to the 
ground with such force that its gizzard is forced out of its mouth 
and it is killed. a lachin employs these tactics she may take 
five or Six geese in a eae without injury to herself. 
If, however, the /achin strikes down the goose from a height, 
the goose will recover itself in the air; but if close to the ground, 
the goose will strike the ground but not with force; if struck 
down from a height of, rsh ten or fifteen yards, it will strike the 
ground well and in good style. A trained falcon knows from wha 
height to strike * the goose. 
“To prevent a goshawk from taking duck while in the water 
and a lachin from coming down with a goose, these hawks should be 
kept in high condition and not worn out with too much stroking. 
er matters are left to the intelligence of the falconer. To 
discuss further this Sega subject is no easy matter, and—God 
knows everything.” 
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a Baz-Nama in the Library of the Asiatic Society of 
Bengal,* copied from a manuscript ® in the Oriental Public Library 
of Bankipore 
“On Beatinc THe Drum WHILE IN THE FIELD. 
“ Part I.—On sounding the drum for short-winged hawks.— 
When flying at duck, geese, common crane, and demoiselle crane, 
after the hawk is cast off and when she is close to the quarry, the 
faleoner should sit on the ground and beat the drum; for it is 
tter i so in this position than mounted. 
. t II.—For falcons or long-winged hawks.—These do not 
palale ae the drum. The drum should be beaten after they 
have been cast off and have reached their pitch.” 

From the “ Sayd-gah-i Shawkati” by Nawab Yar Muhammad 
Khan Bahadur, (Shawkat), of Bhopal, an Urdu work composed in A.H. 
1301 (A. D., 1883), the second edition being sale dicted in 1305 
A.H., in the Rampore State. 
“When your goshawk’s training has reached this stage, 
7.e., When she has been tamed by watching and handling, has been 


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avidan ; used “A - author asa synonym of partéb kardan, an expres- 
sion me by him elsew 
3 i.e., the writer Esai profess to jee lina knowledge. 
4 New and well-bound, bat without 
In perfect preservation, There is pens d and older copy of this 
manuscript in the same Library, and in it is sorth that the author’s name 
