384 FALCONRY 



afterwards to deal with those for which we cannot with con- 

 fidence recommend remedies. 



Croaks or kecks is a very common disease : it is caused 

 by a cold, frequently induced by a low state of condition, and 

 answers nearly to an ordinary cough in beasts or human beings. 

 The noise, however, from which the name is derived only 

 , appears when the hawk is exerting herself, as by bating or 

 ^flying. For physic give half a chili, or three or four pepper- 

 corns daily, for two qr three days. Keep the hawk constantly 

 ,, pulling at rough food, such as pigeons' backs, fowls' heads, and 

 ^ the like, so that she may constantly be feeding, and yet always 

 S^xerting herself a little ; finish off each day with a crop of 

 » light food, such as rabbit's or tender meat ; every third day give 

 a cropful of ' warm blood,' such as a freshly-killed pigeon, 

 and as the hawk gets better give her plenty of flying to the 

 lure. This ailment often hangs about a hawk for a long time, 

 but if she can be kept up in condition and in good heart it 

 will gradually die out. . 



Frounce is a canker of the interior of the mouth, and' 

 occasionally spreads tei^h^ttoat.j|Eheniti^apt^opMye fatal, j 

 , It is caused generally by .damp, and sometimes ny feeding ^ 

 ^iflwka upon foul meat. The symptoms are, a frothing at the ^^ 

 rnfemn ana ' difficulty in eating, and if the hawk's mouth be ^ 

 Jgpened the whole of the tongue and palate will be seen to be . 

 « covered with a whitish scale or scab. As much of this scale < 

 ^ , as can be removed without making the parts bleed should be ^ 

 VSicraped away with the edge of a C|uill or a knife, and the 

 J'^xposed part dressed once a day with burnt alum mixed with 



§inegar. In ordinary cases this will effect a cure in a few days, . 

 ut if the canker spreads downwards and into the throat it will 

 e found impossible to cure it. Lunar caustic will sometimes 



^rove effective. ^^^^^^^^^ tf 3»i\* ^^ V^8AH\W\ W»i«« 



Xb^ Inflammation of the croj^s a serious complaint, and causes 



t'me hawk to throw up the contents of her crop in an undigested 



form shortly after feeding. If not taken in time it will prove 



fatal. About three grains of powdered Turkey rhubarb must 



