. The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . re less • thanthe American; are migra-tory, coming here in earlyspring, and passing on to thenorth. They hide under thebushes, and will not rise onthe wing unless forced to doso by a dog, or by the hunt-er himself I was surprised^ ^-o^- to see how quickly and sure- ly the little hawk seized his game. His reward, also, wasmerely the blood of the bird. I do not know whether ornot the Jews in ancient days were acquainted wnth folconry,but David complains that Saul hunt
. The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . re less • thanthe American; are migra-tory, coming here in earlyspring, and passing on to thenorth. They hide under thebushes, and will not rise onthe wing unless forced to doso by a dog, or by the hunt-er himself I was surprised^ ^-o^- to see how quickly and sure- ly the little hawk seized his game. His reward, also, wasmerely the blood of the bird. I do not know whether ornot the Jews in ancient days were acquainted wnth folconry,but David complains that Saul hunted for his blood as onedoth hunt for a partridge in the mountains ;^ and this hunt-ing of the same bird on these mountains, and giving theirhlood to the hawk, reminds one of the sad complaint of thepersecuted son of Jesse. In the neighborliood of Aleppo the smaller falcon istaught to assist the sportsman to capture the gazelle. Nei-ther horse nor greyhound can overtake these fleet creatureson the open desert, and therefore the Arabs have taught thehawk to fasten on their forehead, and blind them by inces- 1 Sam. xxvi. HUNTING GAZELLES—TIBNIN. 311 sant flapping of their wings. Bewildered and terrified, theyleap about at random, and are easily captured. They arcalso trained to attack the bustard in the same region. Thisbird is about as large as a turkey, and highly prized by thelovers of game; but as they keep on the vast level plains,where there is nothing to screen the cautious hunter, it isalmost impossible to get within gunshot of them. Whenthey rise in the air, the little falcon flies up from beneathand fastens on one of their wings, and then both come whirl-ing over and over to the ground, when the hunter quicklyseizes the bustard, and delivers his brave bird from a posi-tion not particularly safe or comfortable. They will evenbring down the largest eagle in the same way; but in thisdesperate game they are sometimes torn to pieces by the in-sulted majesty of the fe
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