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Method of Training the Falcon. 
In order to train up a Falcon, the master 
begins by putting straps upon his legs, which 
are called jesses, to which there is sometimes 
fastened a ring, with the owner's name, by 
which, in case he should be lost, the finder 
may know where to bring him back. To 
these are added little bells, which serve to 
mark the place where he is, if lost in the chase. 
He is always carried on the hand and is ob- 
liged to be kept without sleeping. If he be 
stubborn, and attempt to bite, his head is 
plunged into water, or (according to Shaw) 
a method has been sometimes practised of 
placing an unquiet Hawk in a Smith's shop 
for a certain time. Thus, by hunger, watch- 
ing, and fatigue, he is constrained to submit to 
having his head covered by a hood, which 
also covers his eyes. This troublesome em- 
ployment continues often for three days and 
nights without ceasing. It rarely happens 
but at the end of that time his necessities, and 
the privation of light, make him Ipse all idea 
of liberty, and bring down his natural wild- 
ness. His master judges of his being tamed 
