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could come up, the lures were thrown out, and the 
Falcons were allowed to make a meal upon the 
Pigeons, haying been kept fasting for some hours 
before. 
The pigeons were placed for them on the body of 
the Heron; and after they were satisfied, they were 
again hooded and put up for the day. The next cast 
of Hawks consisted of two younger birds ; and when 
let loose at another Heron, they flew up to it very 
well. But the Heron was an old one, and was sup- 
posed to have been attacked before; for the moment 
he saw his enemies below, he began to soar into the 
air, and set up a loud croak, and the two young 
Falcons, not so experienced as the two first older 
birds, would not attack the Heron, but after flying 
about for some time left him. Upon this one of the 
falconers set up a peculiar call, to which the birds 
were accustomed, when one of them, from a great 
height in the air, immediately closed his wings, and 
darting down to the man who called him, was taken 
in hand. The other Falcon, however, was not so 
well trained and obedient, but continued to sail 
about in the air. 
At length a Heron approached, and she attacked 
it, but without success, and soon left it; at last a 
third Heron crossed, which she attacked, and, after 
a short struggle, succeeded in bringing to the ground, 
in the same manner as in the first case. This last 
Heron had its wing broken, and the Falconer killed 
it, but the other was taken alive, and afterwards 
turned out before a single Falcon, which struck it 
down in a minute. It was said, that if a Heron had 
been once taken by a Falcon, it would never after- 
