Cilicia, its former history and present state; with an account of the idolatrous worship prevailing there previous to the introduction of Christianity . dissertation on the treatmentand training of hawks. To do this effectively a separate volume shouldbe devoted to the subject. I have ojily mentioned cursorily what Ithoiight might be of most interest, and which I trust wiU. attract theattention of the sporting world. Falconry is a source of healthy and innocent enjoyment; and it isvery desirable that some person of distinction should patronise its re-vival. Being conducted on horseback, qiiiet
Cilicia, its former history and present state; with an account of the idolatrous worship prevailing there previous to the introduction of Christianity . dissertation on the treatmentand training of hawks. To do this effectively a separate volume shouldbe devoted to the subject. I have ojily mentioned cursorily what Ithoiight might be of most interest, and which I trust wiU. attract theattention of the sporting world. Falconry is a source of healthy and innocent enjoyment; and it isvery desirable that some person of distinction should patronise its re-vival. Being conducted on horseback, qiiietl//, it is more adapted to the* The Turkish appellation of this falcon. 298 FALCONRY. generality of sportsmen than fox-liimting or shooting, both of whichare too violent exercises for many persons, and subject to many seriousaccidents, from which falconry is quite free. This noble craft com-bines every advantage, and let us hope will be brought into fashiononce again; that we may see, as our ancestors did, those scenes so gra-phically portrayed by onr immortal Walter Scott and other celebratednovehsts, when describing this pageant of past GESRIL HADEED, IN THE PLAINS OF ANTIOCH :FROM A SKETCH BY MR. C. F. BARKER. CHAPTER XIX. MEDICINAL PLANTS. Among the medicinal herbs that have fallen under my notice, I mustmention the Adiantum capillus Veneris, or maiden-hair, of which thepeople of the country make a strong decoction to remove dysentery andviolent diarrhoea. There is also a black seed, hke a dried black bean, of which I havenot learned the name (nor is it, perhaps, used in the materia medica, ifknown at all). It is remarkably useful in the above maladies ; it isa tasteless astringent, and one or two seeds pounded up and taken incoffee bring about the desired effect. The Colocynth, or bitter apple, which grows wild on the sea-coast. The Palma Christi, or castor-oil plant, which the inhabitants culti-vate for domestic as well as medicinal purposes. Mount Taurus produces
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