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Chapter XIX: Anecdotes and Adventures

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Lessons from the quarry-book--The old authors--Modern
experiences--Peregrine and pigeon--A miraculous rabbit--
Queer hiding-places--Wild _v._ tame hawks--Merlin-hawking
with peregrines 275-284
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PHOTOGRAVURES

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Falcons and Goshawk Weathering _Frontispiece_

Death of the Rook 110

Sparrow-Hawk and Partridge 168
(_From Drawings by G. E. Lodge_)

OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS

Shape of Wings 11
(_From a Drawing by Mrs. Sachs_)

Trained Kestrel "Thunderbolt," owned by Mr. R. Gardner 30
(_From a Photo by C. Reid, Wishaw, N.B._)

Hawk's Furniture 40
(_From a Drawing by the Author_)

Blocks and Perches 46
(_From a Drawing by the Author_)

Hawk's Furniture 48
(_From a Drawing by the Author_)

Cadge with Peregrines 52
(_From a Photo by C. Reid, Wishaw, N.B._)

Falcon and Tiercel Weathering 86
(_From a Photo by C. Reid, Wishaw, N.B._)

Pluming the Dead Grouse 127
(_From a Photo by C. Reid, Wishaw, N.B._)

Trained Merlin 132
(_From a Drawing by Mrs. Sachs_)

Trained Goshawk, "Gaiety Gal," owned by Mr. A. Newall 159
(_From a Photo by Herbert Bell, Ambleside_)

THE ART AND PRACTICE OF HAWKING

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