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HAWKING. 
by the name of the Peregrine Falcon, one of the 
most esteemed of the British Hawks in the ancient 
days of falconry. They were carried by a man to 
the ground, upon an oblong kind of frame, padded 
with leather, on which the birds perched, and to 
which they were fastened by a thong of leather. 
Each bird had a small bell on one leg, and a leather 
hood, with an oblong piece of scarlet cloth stitched 
into it over each eye; on the top of this hood was a 
small plume of various-coloured feathers. The man 
walked in the centre of the frame, with a strap from 
each side, over each shoulder; and when he arrived 
at the spot fixed upon for the sport, he set down the 
frame upon its legs, and took off all the Falcons and 
tethered them to the ground in a convenient shady 
place. 
There were four foreigners, probably from Fal- 
consward, a village in North Brabant, much-famed 
for its Falcons, under whose particular care the 
birds were placed, each having a bag, somewhat like 
a woman s pocket, tied to his waist, containing a live 
pigeon, called a lure, to which was fastened a long 
string. 
After waiting awhile, some herons passed, but at 
too great a distance; at length, one appeared to be 
coming within reach, and preparations were made to 
attack him. Each falconer wore a brown leather 
glove on his right hand, to prevent the Hawks' 
talons from scratching the wrist; and there was a 
small bit of leather attached to the leg of the bird, 
held by the falconer between the thumb and the 
finger. Each of the men being now ready, with a 
Falcon on his fist, and the bag with the lure tied to 
