. Coursing and falconry. Coursing; Falconry. 244 FALCONRY Many a fine falcon has been made into an incurable 'jumper' or a 'restless brute' by straining to get at a ray of light which fell through an ill-made hood, and was just enough to do away with all the effect of hooding her, while at the same time it gave her no comfort or sense of freedom. A good pattern of hood, nearly akin to the Indian pattern, made out of one piece, is given in ' Falconry in the British Isles,' Plate XVI., but we have never seen this hood in' actual. ,^ —Dutch hood^» bC .v- m V«>Nie nay**- tf^cA' t.»\U xit
. Coursing and falconry. Coursing; Falconry. 244 FALCONRY Many a fine falcon has been made into an incurable 'jumper' or a 'restless brute' by straining to get at a ray of light which fell through an ill-made hood, and was just enough to do away with all the effect of hooding her, while at the same time it gave her no comfort or sense of freedom. A good pattern of hood, nearly akin to the Indian pattern, made out of one piece, is given in ' Falconry in the British Isles,' Plate XVI., but we have never seen this hood in' actual. ,^ —Dutch hood^» bC .v- m V«>Nie nay**- tf^cA' t.»\U xitfMt^ i»5«.i use. The Indian hoods are excellent, easily made, and most comfortable to the hawk. In fact, they are perfection so long as the hawk is on hand ; but hawks can readily get them off /if left hooded by themselves, and therefore there are many Jjpccasions on which they are useless. Rufter hoods are light caps of leather which blindfold the .hawk, but are open at the back, and securely tied with a strap ^nd button round the neck. Hawks can readily feed through Jjhem, but they cannot be taken on and off, and are only used I for the controlling of hawks that are just 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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