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When Falcons are taught to fly at Hares, 
Rabbits, &e. it is called flying at the far; and 
some are instructed to fly at both far and 
plume, or to the pursuit of Hares and Rab- 
bits as well as of Pheasants and Partridges. 
&c. For this purpose, when the Falcon is 
very tame, they either take a live Hare and 
break one of its legs, or a Hare's skin stuffed ; 
and having fixed to it a piece of Chicken's 
flesh, or such food as the Falcon is most fond 
of, they tie this skin, with a long cord, to the 
girth of a horse, and as the skin thus is drag- 
ged along, the bird imagines it to be a Hare 
in flight, is allowed to dart upon it; and is 
thus taught to distinguish the animal. 
Falcons of the larger kind (as we have be- 
fore stated) have been taught to fly at the 
Roebuck, and even at the Wild Boar and the 
Wolf. With th is view they were accustom- 
ed to be fed, when young, from out of the 
sockets of the eyes of a Wolf's or Boar's head, 
the whole skin of the animal being stuffed so 
as to make it appear alive. While the bird 
was feeding, the Falconer began to move the 
figure gradually, in consequence of which 
the bird learned to fasten itself so as to 
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