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hath taken her fiifficient pleafiire, exchange that artificially with her, and let her eat 

 it on the ground where the quarry lay, only referving fome little thing to take her 

 to your Fift withal : And then put on her Hood, not forgetting to* beftow fome re- 

 ward on her afterward, which (he will be well plealed withal. 



To make your Gojhaw^ with boldnefs take a Pheafant from the Pearcb, before you 

 offer to fly her thereto, provide a young Capon or brown Pullet, and take it with 

 you to the Wood, and when you call her to her fupper, as fhe is drawing and at- 

 tending after you, having a Pole fit for the purpofe provided, call your Spaniefs 

 aboutyou, to make them bay, and fuddenly breaking the neck of the Poultry, lift it 

 up on a bough, fo high as the Hawk may well have fight of it, there ftirring it, arid 

 withal crying, Abaj, abay to her : At which noile, and feeing it flutter, no doubt (he 

 willctfme in, and pull it down : Which if fhe (hall do, befure that the Dogs may with 

 fome rebuke from your felf, make way for her defcending, and then fuller her to 

 plume and take-her pleafure thereon, &c. as was before directed: And in ufifig this 

 courfe but a while, (he will become fo bold and venturous, as chat the Pheafant 

 fhall no fooner go to Pearch, but fhe will have him by the ears, and pull him 

 down. , 



By threatning words and blows,,with reafon,you may bring your Spaniels into fuch 

 fubjection, as to truft them alone with your Hawk in your abfence : taking care there 

 be no ftrangeDogs among them : For one ftrange unruly Dog is fuffieient to mar all the 

 reft, and the HocpK too. 



Be careful to enter your Gofhawk firftto the CockrPheafant, for the verieft daftard 

 that is will kill the Hen 5 which if you enter her firft to, it may be afterward with 

 all your Art and Skill youfhall never force her to fly at the Cock. If you find that at 

 firft (he is afraid to buckle with him, then with two or three days reft prepare her fto- 

 mach foundly, and put her to him again. 



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Of the Edggard-Gofiawk. 



THis being the wildeft Hawk of all, and fo requiring rriore labour, care, and at- 

 tendance in her reclaiming and perfect making than any other, he advifes not 

 todealhaftily with her by peppering, watching, and the like: For many Hawks have 

 fo been fpoil'd and loft 3 their bodies being unfit for fuch fudden changes. 



It is the nature of thefe Hawks when wild to feed on their prey in covert places, 

 where they may not be defctied by fuch other birds as love them not i Wherefore 

 alfo being reclaimed, whenfoever they take it in any Plain or Champain place, they 

 will be apt to carry it to the next harbour or covert : To reclaim her from this ill 

 quality you muft take this courfe. Though you do call and draw her along after you 

 by your chirping and whiftle through the thick and covert places, yet do not there 

 take her to your Fift to be fully fatisfied, but let her ftill wait on you, till you come 

 to fome plain place, and there entertain her to the Fift, and let her feed a little there- 

 on, then put to her Leafh, and let her eat the reft on the ground clofeby you, and 

 having referved fome ftump, take her to the Fift. Remember that you fometimes 

 ftoop gently on your knee, and quietly and foftly convey fome bits unfeen afar oft to 

 her, that fhe ftrike not at your hand with her Talons, &c. Thus doing daily with 

 gentle uf age fo long as you call her, you will embolden her, and make her fo familiar 

 as never to offer to carry any thing from you. 



When fhe kills, be fure to get in gently to her, having before provided her a meal 

 ready dreft, and as fhe fits on the Partridge^ beftow the fame on her in bits with clean- 

 ly conveyance, which will prolong her time in pluming, arid ftay the fharpnefs of her 

 appetite, and defire to feed, which fhe muft not do, for it would caufe her to love 

 the Bird better than your felf, and to be loth afterwards at anytime to be bereaved 

 of it, and thereby take occafion to carry it from you, hoping to enjoy it to her felf 

 more quietly and fecretly : Whereas this courfe will fo pleafe her, and draw her love 

 fo certainly to you* as fhe will never after offer to carry one feather from you. Alt 

 this while give her no bloud at all, but with fome reverfiontake her to your Fift: again.. 

 By this means fhe will never break the Prey fo long as there is one feather left on it, 1 fpeak this 

 but ftill attend for your coming, and to have a reward only at your hand. When *>y experience 

 you have well nuzled up and inured her herein, afterward when you find her with a Seta.™ 7 

 Partridge in her foot j then after a good timefpent in pluming, take off the htad and 



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