A Summary of Falconry. 4°* 



Chap. IV. 



How to man, hood, and reclaim a Falcon according to an Italian Falconer, quoted by 

 Turbervile. 



LEt his Jefles and Bemts be of good Leather, havingBells big and fhril according 

 to the proportion of the Hawk, with a Hood that is boiled at the Eyes, and 

 fizable for the Head. 



He muftufe his Hawk in luch manner that he may make her grow familiar with him 

 alone, or in company, and to that end he mud: often unhood and hood her again. 



In nine nights the Falconer ought not to let his Hawk jottl{3X all, nor fuffer her to 

 pearch, but keep her during that time continually on his Fift. 



When the FalcOner would call his Hawk, let him fet heron the Pearch, unhood 

 her, and (hew her fome meat within his Fift, call her folong till (he come to it, then 

 feed her therewith: If (lie come not, let her ftand without food till (he be very (harp 

 fet. Obferve this order for about nine days. 



When you would lure her, give her fome man to hold, and call her with a Lure 

 well garnilhed with meat on both fides, and give her a bit: life her to this fix or fe- 

 ven days, then caule her to be held farther from you, and caft the Lure about your 

 head, and throw it on the ground a little way from you: if (he come to it roundly, 

 rew.ard her bountifully, walking foftly about her while (he is feeding on the Lure, 

 and ufing your voice. Having ufed her to this fome certain days, take your Lure gar- 

 nilhed asaforefaid, and every day call her to you as far asihe may well fee or hear you, 

 and let her be loofe from all her furniture, without Loins or Creance. If (he come free- 

 ly, reward her, and (top hernow and then in her feeding, for that will make her come 

 the better. Call her alfo fometimes on horfeback. After you have thus ufed her a . 

 month, or till (he will come freely to you, you may do well to flop the Lure upon her 

 fometimes, and let her fly upon you. Here note, it is requifite to bathe her before 

 you take this courfe, left 'when (he is at liberty (he tangle to feek water, and in the 

 mean time you lofeyour Hawks wherefore bathe her every feven or eight days, for 

 her nature requireth it. 



When you have thus manned, reclaimed, and lured your Hawk, go out with her 

 into the Fields, and whiftle her off your Fift, ftanding ftillto fee what (hs will do, and 

 whether (he will r^eout or not : But if (he fly round about you, as a good Hawk 

 ought to do, let her fly a Turn or two, and fling her out the Lure, and let hzr foot a. 

 Chicken or Pullet, and having killed it, let her feed thereon. 



Unhood he often as you bear her^ continue lb doing till (he hath endewed and 

 mewted fufficiently; 



Your Hawk being thus made and mann d, go abroad vvith her every Morning when 

 it is fair, and let the place where you intend to fly her beplaftiy, or fome narrow 

 Brooke and when you caft her off, go into the Wind fo far that the Fowl may not 

 difcoveryou. When (he is caft off, and beginneth to recover her Gate, make then to 

 the Brook or Plain where the Fowl lie, always making your Hawk to lean in upon 

 you: And when you fee her at a reafonable pitch, ( her Head being in ) layout the 

 Fowl, and land it if you can 5 and if you cannot, take down your Hawk, and let 

 her kill fame Train, to which end you muft always carry fome live Fowl with you, 

 as a Duck,dv. And having dipt one of her Wing-feathers,thruft it through her Naves, 

 and caft her up as high as you can underneath your Hawk, that (he may the better 

 know your hand. Never fly a young Hawk without iomcTrain, that if (he fail to 

 kill the wild Fowl, you may make her kill that. 



If you would have your Hawk fly at one particular Fowl more than at another, 

 you wuft then feed her well upon a Train of the fame kind, as thus : Take a Creance 

 and tie that Fowl you would accuftom her to fly toby the Beak, with meat on her 

 back, and caufe one to ftand clofe^hat (hall hold the Creance - then ftanding afar off 

 unhood your Hawk, and let the Fowl be ftirr'd and drawn with the Creance until 

 your Hawk perceive it ftir 5 and if (he foot it, make another Train thus : Take a 

 living Fowl that can fly, half feel it, and caft it out 5 then let your Hawk fly to it j 

 and if (he kill it, rewardher well upon it. 



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