. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 4. THE BOY FALCONER. BV NICOLAAS MAES. From the Wallace Collection,London. Photograph by W. A. Mansell Co,. 336 340 SPORTS AND TOYS IN HISTORY bells were fastened to the legs by thongs of deer-hide called bewits. Great care was taken tohave the hide soft so as not to chafe the legs, andthe bells must be chosen with care, not too heavyso as to impede the flight, of a clear and musicalsound. For ordinary birds any cheap bell woulddo, but for our falcon there must be Milan bellsof gold, or at least silver, ringing. At dawn, a
. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 4. THE BOY FALCONER. BV NICOLAAS MAES. From the Wallace Collection,London. Photograph by W. A. Mansell Co,. 336 340 SPORTS AND TOYS IN HISTORY bells were fastened to the legs by thongs of deer-hide called bewits. Great care was taken tohave the hide soft so as not to chafe the legs, andthe bells must be chosen with care, not too heavyso as to impede the flight, of a clear and musicalsound. For ordinary birds any cheap bell woulddo, but for our falcon there must be Milan bellsof gold, or at least silver, ringing. At dawn, after a hurried breakfast of coarsebread, some white herring, sprats or salt fish,washed down with beer or ale for the grown-uppeople and milk for the children —all troopeddown to the courtyard, eager to start. The pages held the horses, the falconers hur-ried about with the birds, the hounds struggledat the leashes, and the huntsman held his horn inreadiness to sound a blast for the warder to letdown the drawbridge so that the party could ridegaily forth over the moat, down into the greenfields and so on to the open. When the meadowswere reached, runners and dogs were se
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