. FIGURES OF HUNTING-DOGS ON HAN BAS-RELIEF (FROM KIN SHIH SO) stooping alternately, each hawk beating it with the (tai) ball of its talon so loudly as to be heard at one or two hun- dred yards' distance. After a certain amount of this treat- ment the hare lay down exhausted. The hawks then hovered, one on either side. The dogs meanwhile had been released. On reaching the hare they lay down, one on either side of the hare. The hawks alighted on their backs, waiting for the huntsmen. On their arrival the hind-legs of the hare were drawn back with a crook and broken by a sharp blow with a narrow
. FIGURES OF HUNTING-DOGS ON HAN BAS-RELIEF (FROM KIN SHIH SO) stooping alternately, each hawk beating it with the (tai) ball of its talon so loudly as to be heard at one or two hun- dred yards' distance. After a certain amount of this treat- ment the hare lay down exhausted. The hawks then hovered, one on either side. The dogs meanwhile had been released. On reaching the hare they lay down, one on either side of the hare. The hawks alighted on their backs, waiting for the huntsmen. On their arrival the hind-legs of the hare were drawn back with a crook and broken by a sharp blow with a narrow rod. The hare was then killed and a little of the flesh given to each of the hawks. Should the hare have broken for cover when put up it would have been coursed with the dogs, the hawks being held back for fear of injury in thorny bushes. If released they would have perched near the wood on guard. In taking 67
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