. Coursing and falconry. Coursing; Falconry; CHR 1892; PRO Stewardson, Misses (donor). SOME ENGLISH COURSING CLUBS 191 blood to escape. The bird must then be " drawn " very quickly, and the place instantly sewn up also. Ten minutes before a hot fire, and the trick is done.' When dissected, the flesh is apparently quite blue, but it literally melts in one's mouth, and no one who has eaten widgeon cooked as I have described will ever care for them done in any other way. The ground coursed over is very similar to that at Cliffe ; grass covers by far the larger portion of it, but there i
. Coursing and falconry. Coursing; Falconry; CHR 1892; PRO Stewardson, Misses (donor). SOME ENGLISH COURSING CLUBS 191 blood to escape. The bird must then be " drawn " very quickly, and the place instantly sewn up also. Ten minutes before a hot fire, and the trick is done.' When dissected, the flesh is apparently quite blue, but it literally melts in one's mouth, and no one who has eaten widgeon cooked as I have described will ever care for them done in any other way. The ground coursed over is very similar to that at Cliffe ; grass covers by far the larger portion of it, but there is. An oyster cart some arable, which latter affords rather heavy going. The land is, however, quite free from stones or flints, and as the enclosures are mostly large, very genuine trials are seen. Wide dykes intersect the various fields, and I think that hares jump more than they do at Cliff'e, but still there are ' homes,' and the short 'breaking back' from the bank often occurs. The hares are uniformly stout, and by the end of the meeting the dogs which are left in the various stakes have all had enough of it. Coursers go to Southminster from all parts of. 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, 1854-1944; Lascelles, Gerald, 1849-1928. Falconry; Fairman Rogers Collection (University of Pennsylvania) PU. Boston : Little, Brown, and Co. ; London : Longmans, Green, and Co.
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