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Trusslng — A hawk Is said to "truss" a bird when she catches 

 it in the air and comes to the ground with it in her talons; 

 this term is not applied to large quarry (see. bind), 



Varvels — Small rings, generally of silver, fastened to the 

 end o^ the jesses— not much used now. N^^tx- ■ose.(i v«\ vj^s.k. 



Wait on — A hawk is said to "wait on" when she flies above 

 her master, waiting till game is sprung. 



Weathering — Hawks are "weathered" byl being placed unhooded 

 in the open air. This term is applied to passage hawks 

 which are not sufficiently reclaimed to be left out by them- 

 selves unhooded on the blocks, — they are "weathered" by 

 being put out for an hour or two under the falconer's eye. 



Yarak— An eastern term, generally applied to short-winged 

 hawks. When a hawk is keen and in hunting condition, she 

 is said to be in "yarak". 



Implements used in Falconry. 



1> Hood. 



2) Back view of hood, showing braces a,a,b,b;:.by drawing 



the braces b,b, the hood, now open, is closed, 



3) Rufter hood. 



4) Imping needle. C 



5) Jess, d is the space for the hawk's leg; the point ^^ and 



slit a, a, are brought round the leg and passed 

 through slit b, after which point € and slit c 

 also the whole remaining length of the jess are 

 pulled. thropgh slits a and b; c is the slit to 



7) Jesses, swivel and leash. 



8) Portion of the first wing feather of a. tiercel peregrine 



falcon in process of imping, a, the living hawk'' s 

 feather; b, piece supplied from another tiercel, 

 with imping needle, c, pushed half its length into 

 it and ready to be pushed home into -the living 

 bird's feather. 



