RABBIT-HUNTING WITH THE GOSHAWK 221 



It is, of course, not to be supposed that the hawk 

 will kill every time she is flown. The rabbit may get 

 to ground, or into a hedgerow, before he is overtaken ; 

 and the owner, if he be wise, will not slip his hawk at 

 a rabbit which is too near one or the other of such re- 

 treats. There should be plenty of room, and the longer 

 the course the better for all concerned. 



In the accompanying illustration it will be seen 

 that a rabbit on being put up has made straight for a 

 sandpit ; the hawk might have seized him on the very 

 edge of it, but just as she has clutched at him, he 

 has leapt boldly down the steep bank, and in another 

 second will be gone to ground ' — 



' Whoo-oop ! ' 



