NATURAL HISTORY. 
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arm, when he was going on an important cni- 
balTy. To wind a horn, and carry a falcon 
with grace, were then marks of being- 
well bred. Learning was left for the ftndy 
of children, born in a more humble fphcre. 
Ill the reign of James I. Sir Thomas Mon- 
fon gave one thoufaiid pounds for a call of 
hawks. An unqualified perfon, taking the 
eggs of a hawk, even upon his own ground, 
was fined and imprilbiied, at the pleafurc ot 
the king. Edward III. made it felony to Ileal 
a hawk. 
The oenerous hawk is diilinguifned fron\ 
the bafer race of kites, fparrow -hawks, and 
blizzards, by the fecond feather, which in 
this kind is the longell; whereas, in the other 
kinds, the fourth feather is tlie longell. They 
alfopolTefs natural powers of whicli the other 
race ai» dellitute. They purfue their game 
with more fwiftnefsand confidence, and, from 
their gcnerofity of temper, they are fo attach- 
ed to their feeders, as to become very tracta- 
ble. 
The hawk or falcon p-urfues the heron, 
kite, and woodlark, by flying perpendicular- 
ly upwards, which affords the greatcll diver.- 
fion; while other birds by flying horizontal- 
ly, diminifh the pleafure of the fportfnvm, 
as well as endanger the lofs of his hawk. 
The Norweigian breed of hawks^^erc of 
fuch elleem in the reign of king John, that, 
in conlideration of a prefent of two of thefe 
birds 
