HOW THE HAWK IS TRAINED. 
these tags or the leash. Two light hells are also attached 
to the legs by pieces of soft leather, to assist in finding him 
should he be lost. 
A solid block of wood, kept in the open 
air, but protected from wind and rain, in 
shape a truncated cone, eight or nine 
inches at top, and broad enough at the base 
to prevent its being overturned, is the rest- 
ing-place of the hawk. A small staple is 
driven into the top of this, to which he 
is attached, with sufficient length of leash 
to allow him to go from the block to the 
ground at pleasure. The hawk is now to 
be trained to stand on the fist with the 
hood on. At first he will bait, that is, 
flutter off ; but replace him gently by hand, 
he will soon learn to sit still. Carry him about during the 
greater part of the first day, and frequently stroke his back 
and legs with a feather. 
When he is to be fed, remove the hood. At first this is 
best done at night, placing the candle so as to give no more 
than the needful fight. In a day or two he may be unhooded 
in daylight, and fed. He must now be taught to stand quiet 
when the hood is put on. 
The hood is of two kinds, the rufter and the hood proper. 
The latter is a cap made of stout leather, with a square open- 
ing before, which serves to receive the beak, but sufficiently 
large -to receive the food and eject the castings. Behind is a 
vertical slit, furnished on each side with a leathern brace, 
which interlace, so that, when drawn tight, the hood is firmly 
secured on the head. Care must be taken that, while the eyes 
are darkened, the leather does not press injuriously on any 
part. This hood is usually surmounted by a plume of 
feathers, which serve to hold it by in putting on or taking off. 
The rufter -hood, which is soft, and made of cloth or chamois 
leather, is useful for haggards newly taken, and as yet un- 
tamed. It is secured under the throat either by a drawing 
slip, or by two ends tied together. 
The Brail is used to keep the bird quiet, and consists of a 
thong of soft leather, with a slit running longitudinally along 
the middle of such length as to admit the point of the pinion 
joints. When the point has been introduced into the slit, the 
lower end of the thong is brought backwards under the wing, 
