. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . prey, the other was dragged along the groundtill it had an opportunity to lay hold of a tuft of grass, by whichit was enabled to stop the course of the hare, whose efforts toescape, I do think, would have torn the hawk asunder, if it hadnot been provided with the leathern defences which have beenmentioned. The next time the falcon was flown, gave us a proof of thatextraordinary courage which its whole appearance, and par-ticularly its eye, denoted. It had stopped and quite disabled thesecond hare by the first pounce, when two greyhounds, whichhad been slippe
. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . prey, the other was dragged along the groundtill it had an opportunity to lay hold of a tuft of grass, by whichit was enabled to stop the course of the hare, whose efforts toescape, I do think, would have torn the hawk asunder, if it hadnot been provided with the leathern defences which have beenmentioned. The next time the falcon was flown, gave us a proof of thatextraordinary courage which its whole appearance, and par-ticularly its eye, denoted. It had stopped and quite disabled thesecond hare by the first pounce, when two greyhounds, whichhad been slipped by mistake, came up, and endeavored to seize were, however, repulsed by the falcon, whose boldness andcelerity in attacking the dogs and securing its prey excited ouradmiration and astonishment. We had some excellent sport with smaller hawks and part-ridges. I was particularly pleased with one bird which kepthovering over our heads till the game was sprung, and then de-scending like a shot, struck its prey to the ^24 HUNTING ADVENTURES.
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