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MU T. J. MANN ON IIAWK8. 
appears to come into lier eye, you may be sure she will Hy, but by 
no means attempt to fly her should she shut all her feathers in close. 
I regret to say “ Shadow of Death ” is quite upset and frightened 
at the sight of a lady’s dress. One would have thought that in 
her third season she would have recovered from such bad taste. 
I never hood my Gos except when travelling, so it will be seen at 
once how necessary it is to carry a Gos and get her accustomed to 
men, dogs, horses, children, etc. It is a matter of surprise to me 
that even in these days of “ hig hags” a Gos is not kept in many 
country houses, for apart from the sport of a morning’s walk with 
this Hawk, the Leverets, Rabbits, and Pheasants are far preferable 
for the table, there being no smashed bones, or chilled shot, to put 
one’s teeth on edge in quarry killed by the Gos. 
Hpaurow Hawk. 
The Sparrow Hawk is easily obtained from the nest, but not so 
easily reared, it being very subject to cramp and later on to fits, 
especially if taken too young. Alfred Frost has had two instances 
in which the Sparrow Hawk, after several successful flights, has 
fallen from the fist and died in a fit. It is trained much in the 
same manner as the Gos, and is never hooded except on a journey. 
As far as I know it feeds exclusively on birds, and requires much 
more careful handling than the Gos, as it cannot stand half crops 
or coarse food. Like the Goshawk it is flown from the fist, at 
least in this countiy, but in the East it is thrown from the right 
hand, and so used to this do they become, that my brother Falconer, 
Captain C. Thompson, tells me that he has had an Indian Sparrow 
Hawk which would chatter when held as though it knew a fliglit 
was at hand. Considering how much the Peregrine dislikes even 
having its feathers stroJeed, the Sparrow Hawk’s quiet manner when 
m the right hand is very remarkable. Captain Salvin states that 
in Wallaclda the natives take large numbers of Quail with this 
little Hawk, in fact tribute was paid to the “ Porte ” in the Quails 
taken in this manner. Good sport may be had in an enclosed 
country with the Sparrow Hawk, as they will take Blackbirds and 
Thrushes, indeed, so impetuous are they in their flight, that instances 
have been noted of their entering so deeply into a thorn bush in 
pursuit of their quarry, as to necessitate their being cut out before 
they could again be taken on hand. 
