HAWKING. 
and the points are tied above on the back. The wing is thns 
confined in snch a way as to remove it little from its natural 
position ; it can receive no injury, 
and of course the wing cannot be 
expanded. While in this condi- 
tion, it is useful to drench him 
thoroughly every morning, by a 
shower of cold water from a wisp of 
hay or straw, carrying him about 
on the fist till dry, stroking him 
with a feather, and unhooding him 
frequently. When well accustomed 
to the hood, neither brail nor 
the brail. drenching will be necessary; but 
he must be carried about almost all 
day on the fist, the hood occasionally taken off, and he may be 
allowed for a short time to pule upon a pennon, from which 
little meat can be obtained. A few mouthfuls, however, should 
be given the moment when the hood is put on. 
Hawks, when hooded, are always quiet. In the field it 
prevents them from baiting when birds rise ; at other times, 
it prevents alarm at anything that may be approaching. “ It 
may, perhaps, appear paradoxical to assert,” says Sir John 
Sebright, “ that hawks, by being kept hooded, are brought 
nearer to their natural state ; but this is undoubtedly the 
case, for, by this treatment, they are induced to remain at 
rest when they are not either feeding or in pursuit of game ; 
and such are their habits in a wild state when left undis- 
turbed.” 
When the hawk is tolerably tame, he may be unhooded, and, 
after eating a few mouthfuls, placed on the block and enticed 
to come to the fist, when held near him. He will soon fly to 
it when presented at the distance of a few feet. 
Wlien he has exercised in this manner for several days, unhood 
him on the fist, and throw a small piece of meat on the 
ground. The hawk may thus be taught to follow the fal- 
coner wherever he pleases. This is called waiting on. When 
he has alighted on the lure, the falconer walks round him, 
whistles to, and makes much of him while he is feeding, re- 
warding him with a good meal when taken up. It is thus 
that hawks are trained and made obedient to the lure, and 
exercised when they cannot be flown at game. 
The process of enticing the hawk to his game is as follows : 
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