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been his fellow-pupil under Jan Daams, and died in 1 816), and 

 continued to make annual trips till 1827, being for part of that 

 time in the service of Mr. Downes of Gunton (see Sebright, 

 ' On Hawking '). He was subsequently enagaged by Lord 

 Carmarthen, afterwards Duke of Leeds, and then by the Duke 

 of St. Albans, in whose service he died in 1838. 



Jan Bots, a pupil of Daankers, first came to England as 

 an assistant to Frank van der Heuvell in 1821. From 1828 to 

 1838 he was regularly at Didlington, but on the death of Lord 

 Berners he went to Baron Oifemont in France. In 1840 he 

 was engaged by the Loo Hawking Club, and continued in its 

 service until 1852, making in that time one expedition or more 

 to Norway to take gerfalcons. 



Arnold Bots, brother of the preceding, accompanied 

 him on his voyages to England from 1829, and was also one 

 of the falconers to the Loo Club. 



James Bots, a third brother, was also in his youth employed 

 at Didlington, and he subsequently entered the service of 

 Colonel Hall at Weston Colville. He then returned to Hol- 

 land, and was employed by the Loo Club. He established 

 himself at Valkenswaard, where he kept the Valken Inn. He 

 occasionally visited England, and died about the year 1869. 



John, the elder son of Jan Peels, was born in England, and 

 adopted the English form of surname, Pells. He succeeded 

 his father in the service of the Hereditary Grand Falconer of 

 England, the Duke of St. Albans. When the present Duke 

 gave up all active participation in the sport of hawking, Pells 

 was pensioned off, and continued to train and fly hawks at 

 Lakenheath, in Suffolk. In 1845 he made an excursion to 

 Iceland, to procure gerfalcons, and brought home fifteen, 

 eight of which were trained at Loo. He was an excellent 

 falconer, well known to many of the present generation, and 

 always ready to impart his knowledge to beginners. He died 

 in 1883. 



Adrian Mollen — almost the last of the old Dutch 

 falconers — was a native of Valkenswaard, and a pupil of Jan . 



