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with the addition of a certain noise made by 
the Falconer, immediately recall him, and in 
a short time the voice alone is sufficient. 
When these lessons have been long re- 
peated, it is then necessary to study the cha- 
racter of the bird ; to speak frequently to him 
if he be inattentive to the voice, to stint him 
m his food if lie does not come kindly or rea- 
dily to the lure, to keep waking him if he be 
not sufficiently familiar, and to cover him fre- 
quently with the hood if he fears darkness. 
When the familiarity of the bird is sufficient- 
ly confirmed on the green, he is then carried 
kto the open fields, but still kept fast by the 
cord. He is then uncovered as before, and 
the Falconer calling him at some paces 
distant, shews him the lure. When he flies 
upon it, he is permitted to take a large morsel 
of the food which is tied to it. The next day 
the lure is shewn him at a greater distance, 
till he comes at last to fly to it at the utmost 
length of his cord. He is then to be shew© 
the game itself alive, but disabled or tame, 
which he is designed to pursue. After lin- 
ing seized this several times, he is then left 
entirely at liberty; and is carried into the 
