IN PRAISE OF HAWKING 7 



to its continuance. A wide extent of open country 

 is a sine qua non for flying long-winged hawks 

 such as the Peregrine Falcon and Merlin — and 

 this is becoming every day more and more difficult 



A YOUNG GOSHAWK. 



to secure. In the woodlands and more enclosed 

 parts of the country they would speedily be lost 

 owing to the height at which they fly, and the ease 

 with which they would pass out of sight, to say 

 nothing of the surrounding covert into which the 

 quarry would dash when pursued, to the disappoint- 



