IN PRAISE OF HAWKING 



killed with the hawks, and afford better sport than 

 "flapper shooting," while rabbits, which, like the 

 poor, "are always with us," afford flights for the 

 Goshawk at any time. Thus it may be said that 

 a man who is fond 

 of Hawks may find 

 something for them 

 to do for the greater 

 part of the year. As 

 to the method of 

 training them, to 

 enter into details 

 would require more 

 space than can be 

 here afforded. More- 

 over, I have already 

 devoted an entire 

 volume to the sub- 

 ject.^ Suffice it to 

 state that the prin- 

 ciples involved are: 

 first, to make a hawk 

 tame by handling 

 and feeding it, hood- 

 ing and unhooding 

 it, giving it proper 

 food, and water at intervals to bathe in ; 

 secondly, to teach it to come to a lure to 

 be fed, increasing day by day the distance it 

 has to fly, at first with a line attached to the 



^ Hints on the Management of Hawks. Second Edition, 

 with numerous illustrations. Horace Cox, 1898. 



A HOODED FALCON. 



