CONTENTS xi 



CHAPTER XIII 

 Home Life 



PAGES 



The falconer's establishment — Good and bad falconers — Hawk-houses — 

 The falconer's day — Bathing — Weathering — Exercise — Diet —Castings 

 — Tirings — Rangle — Bedtime . . ... 170-191 



CHAPTER XIV 



Hawks in the Field 



Hooding up — Accoutrements — Field tactics — Markers — Mounted men — 

 Successful and unsuccessful flights — -Putting in — Picking up — Consola- 

 tion quarry — Disobedient hawks — A good quarry-book . . 192-212 



CHAPTER XV 



Lost Hawks 



Carelessness and imprudence — A kill out of sight — A night out — Search 

 and re-capture — Chance witnesses — Decoy hawks — Winding up — 

 Snaring — A fresh start . . ... 213-224 



CHAPTER XVI 



Accidents and Maladies 



Broken feathers — Imping — Broken bones — Diagnosis— Croaks, cramp, ague, 

 apoplexy, frounce, inflammation, and fever — Corns, broken talons, 

 blain, craye, and other maladies ..... 225-243 



CHAPTER XVII 



Moulting 



Early and late moulting — Flying through the moult — Throwing into the 

 mews — Diet and management — Bad moulters — Intermewed hawks — 

 Physic and treatment ... ... 244-254 



CHAPTER XVIII 



Virtue and Vice 



Good and bad hawks — Temper, shape, size, and colour — Style of flying — 

 Carrying — Soaring — Raking away — Checking — Perching — Hood- 

 shyness — Screaming — Refusing — Running cunning — Seven deadly 

 sins — Four cardinal virtues ...... 255-274 



CHAPTER XIX 



Anecdotes and Adventures 



Lessons from the quarry-book — The old authors — Modern experiences — 

 Peregrine and pigeon — A miraculous rabbit — Queer hiding-places- 

 Wild v. tame hawks — Merlin-hawking with peregrines . . . 275-284 



