366 FALCONRY 



British Isles,' Mr. A. Newall, Major Anne, and Mr. E. Riley, 

 whose successes with the short-winged hawks have already been 

 referred to. Nor is the church ill-represented among the ranks 

 of falconers, for the successes of the Rev. W. Willimott in the 

 difficult branch of gull hawking have been mentioned when 

 describing that sport, while all readers of the 'Field' are familiar 

 with the writings of the Rev. G. E. Freeman, under the nom- 

 de-guerre of ' Peregrine,' dealing chiefly with game hawking 

 with eyesses, and with the training of merlins. 



Even this brief list of the better-known amateurs will show 

 that English hawking is in no moribund condition. Very 

 rarely does a sportsman who has once taken it up abandon it 

 during his life, and though from the riature of the sport, and of 

 the country requisite for it, it can never become generally 

 popular, we believe that as it is already the most ancient, so it 

 will continue to be one of the most enduring of the field sports 

 in which mankind takes delight. 



