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The goshawks, and hawks, are sailers, or birds of low 

 flight, and the education of the first is very easy and very 

 short. They use no hood with the goshawk, which, never- 

 theless, torments himself very much at first, refusing all suste- 

 nance. But from the fifth or sixth day, these birds lose all 

 terror at what is going on about them : they seize the food 

 greedily, which is given to them in very small quantities. 

 They are soon habituated to jump on the hand of the falconer, 

 who can carry them in this manner Avith a thong, in the most 

 frequented places, and amidst all kind of bustle and noise, 

 without inconvenience. 



At the end of eight days, having bathed the goshawk in 

 the morning, they lure him in the evening with a cord, several 

 times, at eight, ten, and twelve paces distance, and the follow- 

 irig day at twenty and thirty, after which, they leave him at 

 liberty to attack a pigeon fastened to a stake : when he has 

 taken this bird by the head, they pull away the body, and hold 

 it in the hand, so that when the goshawk has eaten the head, 

 he jumps upon the hand, to devour the rest. In the after- 

 noon of the same day, they call him back, from greater and 

 greater distances in the woods ; and if he returns readily, they 

 can employ him the following day in the chase, having first 

 carried him for some time on the hand. But if he is designed 

 for any other chase than that of partridges and rabbits, to 

 which he is instinctively prone, it is necessary to habituate him 

 to the particular game, like the falcon and gerfalcon, by means 

 of lures. 



The hawks are trained like the goshawks ; but, although 

 weaker in appearance, they are more fierce, and their educa- 

 tion takes more time, especially after they have left the nest. 

 Before they are fitted for the chase, many lessons must be 

 repeated in an orchard, and they must be reclaimed, as it is 

 called, until they seek the falconer of their own accord, who 

 conceals himself purposely. Even those which are already 

 educated must be exercised daily, or they would soon become 

 indocile for want of action. 



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