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king ; and the prices paid for them, in the words 
of the warrant, were as follows, viz. u for a faulcon 
twenty six shillings and eight pence, for a tassel 
gentle thirteene shillings and four pence, for a lan- 
ner twentie six shillings and eight pence, for a lan- 
nerett thirteene shillings and four pence, for a gos- 
hawke twentie shillings, for a tassel of a goshawke 
thirteene shillings and four pence, for a gerfaulkon 
thirtie shillings, for a jerkin thirteene shillings and 
four pence.” 
We shall dismiss this genus of birds with an 
anecdote of the common buzzard ; who, from his 
sluggish and inactive disposition, is more readily 
tamed than the spirited goshawk. “ In 1/63,” says 
M. Fontaine in a letter to the count de Bufifon, “a 
buzzard was brought to me that had been taken in a 
snare. It was at first extremely wild and unpromis- 
ing. I undertook to tame it ; and I succeeded, by 
leaving it to fast, and constraining it to come and 
eat out of my hand. By pursuing this plan, I 
brought it to be very familiar ; and after having 
shut it up about six weeks, I began to allow it a 
little liberty, taking the precaution, however, to 
tie both pinions of its wings. In this condition it 
walked out into my garden, and returned when I 
called it to feed. After some time, when I judged 
that I could trust to its fidelity, I removed the liga- 
tures, and fastened a small bell, an inch and a half 
in diameter, above its talon, and also attached on the 
breast a bit of copper having my name engraved 
on it. I gave it entire liberty, which it soon abused; 
