. Coursing and falconry. Coursing; Falconry. PASSAGE HAWKS 285 At last he took his gun to the hut, having made up his mind to shoot the hawk as a last resource and free himself from the incubus. Hour after hour he sat with gun in readiness—a strange position, indeed, for a falconer. But that day she came. ^S"^. >ia^j^^."' ^^^j^:^^ >s> Passage hawk under bow-net not, nor the next, and at last the gun was laid aside and the hawk catching went on as before. At the end of the week one of Mollen's sons who was working a hut many miles away returned home with his catch. He had not
. Coursing and falconry. Coursing; Falconry. PASSAGE HAWKS 285 At last he took his gun to the hut, having made up his mind to shoot the hawk as a last resource and free himself from the incubus. Hour after hour he sat with gun in readiness—a strange position, indeed, for a falconer. But that day she came. ^S"^. >ia^j^^."' ^^^j^:^^ >s> Passage hawk under bow-net not, nor the next, and at last the gun was laid aside and the hawk catching went on as before. At the end of the week one of Mollen's sons who was working a hut many miles away returned home with his catch. He had not much to boast of, except one, ' a real beauty.' Hardly had the old man set eyes on her than he recognised his tormentor—unmistakable from her size, dark plumage, and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cox, Harding Edward de Fonblanque, 1854-; Lascelles, Gerald William. Falconry; Richardson, Charles, ed. London and Bombay, Longmans, Green, and Co.
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