4=14 ^ Suwffldry of Falconry. 



§. IV. 



Hovp to tnah$ a GoJIjaw^Iike the Hoodfhat hath with iUufage been beaten 

 out of love with it. 



CArry a Hood of fome notable colour on your finger, that may well be feen and 

 viewed by her as it hangeth there* and teas foe may feed clofe by it for a week 

 ,together,but beware you do not as yet (hew it her with your other hand. Burthen 

 take it gently inyour other hand, and move andftir it about her meat, that (be may 

 touch it as fhe eats. This do another week, ftill letting the Hood reft on your little 

 in her fight between feeding times, life this courfe till without fear (he will but 

 thus endure it. Then you muft hold your meat in the hand fhe fits on, and with 

 the other hand hold the Hood by the Taflel upon the meat, moving and ftirring it as 

 though you would keep her from feeding ; but it muft be done fbftly and gently ; 

 When you (hall perceive that (he will ftrive to feed befide it, you (hall hold it by the 

 Taflel "juft over the meat, fo that (he muft needs eat clean through it. Do thus fo 

 long as till you fee that (he will feed and fearch: boldly through the hood for her meat 

 and eat it without any (hatching or fear. Then as (he is feeding, and doth thruft 

 through the Hood for her meat, do you bear the Hood a little againft her, and (he 

 will hood and unhood herfelf as often as you would have her. When (he hath with 

 your affiftance put on her Hood, let her eat freely until (he hath done, and take it off 

 no more till feeding time again. In this manner, within a month and lefs (he will be 

 brought to hood her felf with the leaft ftump you carry about you, as often as you 

 (hall have occafion. 



Practifenotthistillfhebecometoaperfedftomach, for if you do, you mar your 

 Hawk for ever. 



4. V. 



To reclaim a Gojhawtifiozt the Cage. 



Give her a fortnights carriage or more in her rufter-hood, always ftroaking her 

 with your hand or a feather. Be careful to feed clean with wafhed meat, for fo 

 fhe will be the fooner brought to a good ftomach, and be gentle and well pleafed to 

 be handled. This obtained (which, you (hall perceive by her liftening to your voice, 

 or eager feeding) fome evening wa(h and pepper her well. Then take off her 

 rufter-hood, having another ready to put on .* As fhe grows to be a little dry put on 

 her Hood, and give her a bit of good meat upon it to pleafe and refrefh her. Hold 

 this courfe to hood gently, and unhood now and then, not forgetting her reward 

 ever after it is on, untill (he be throughly dried, and afterwards the moft part of the 

 night: Then you mayfet her down bare- faced to have two or three hours reft 5 and 

 be fure it be in a fpecial warm place,and on a dry and warm Pearch on high, for the(e 

 kind of Hawks are very fubjedt. to take cold, and apt to have the cramp on fuch 

 occafions. 



When fhe and your felf have taken a little reft, go fbftly to her with (hew of meat 

 in your hand, withal chirping or whittling to her, and take her gently on your Fift, 

 and dividing her meat into leveral parts beftow it on her for the moft part when her 

 Hood is put on : This will make her love and look for the Hood expecting to be fed 5 

 if fhe be nice in fuflering your hand or the Hood to come near her head, you muft 

 feldom do it in the day time, but at her feeding, and late atnight, when (he will be 

 more willing to take it. 



Next teach her to jump and come to the Fift. For though other Hawks are ufed 

 to come to the Lure thrown fome diftancefrom the man 3 yet fhe being a Hawk of the 

 Fift, muft be taught and ufed to come boldly to the hand, and without fear to feize 

 and fit upon it during your pleafure, which (he will never be brought to do with all 

 the Art in the world,if her ftomach be any way imperfect 



This obtained, let her be called a little further off, viz. twenty or forty yards at 

 moft : By dividing one meal( aslfaid) let her come oftentimes in a day if it be pof- 

 fible : Whi<*h will quickly make her perfect, that fhe will never check at the Fift, but 

 will come and draw at any time of the day : Whereas ufing her to one hour for her 

 meal, caufes her not to come or draw till that time 5 which is an ill quality-. 



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