THE HAWK. 
The Hawk is a bird of prey, and will kill any bird 
that is less than he is. We have more than one 
sort of Hawk, but they have all the same ways, 
and much the same kind of form. One kind will 
eat mice, but many of them will not, A long time 
ago, when no one had ever seen a gun — and when 
no gun even had ever been made — men used the 
Hawk to hunt with. Many a fair lady, in that old 
time, rode out to take the air, with her pet Hawk 
on her hand, and a gay page, or boy, to hold her 
rein, and lead her in the path. Men, at that time, 
used to take the Hawk from the nest, when it was 
not yet so old as to be able to fly. At that age it 
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