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ted that some more renowned sites would exist. 
Thus we have Hambleton in Yorkshire, famed 
for a breed used to fly at Wild-ducks ; in Wales, 
the rock of Llandidno; and in Scotland, Dum- 
barton, the Bass, and Isle of Man, all ranked high 
for the bold and generous dispositions of their 
Hawks. The birds were preserved with the 
greatest care, and penalties were attached to their 
destruction. 
It may be here remarked, that several gentlemen 
now keep hawking establishments, and take the field 
regularly, sometimes for the sport itself, and also 
for the purpose of terrifying the game to sit, by 
causing the falcons to fly over them. We have 
yet few records of the deeds done in this sport, 
but in Ireland, John Sinclair, Esq. a friend of our 
correspondent Mr Thompson, seems devoted to 
it, and has endeavoured to reclaim not only the 
noble, but has attempted Eagles and Buzzards, 
and even the most ignoble of the race, the Har- 
riers, and with a variety of success. This gentle- 
man procures his Hawks from the more northern 
eyries in Ireland, and uses them chiefly to fly at 
Woodcocks, as making the best chase ; and one 
peculiarity deserves to be mentioned, that the 
Falcon stops, as it were, instinctively, so soon 
as the prey arrives at cover.* 
• One of Mr Sinclair's Falcons haring killed a Landrail, 
which it was about to eat on a house top, instantly gave 
