CHAPTER II.

HAWKS AND HAWKING.

Explanation of Hawking Terms.--The Falcon and Tiercel.--The Qualities of a good Falconer.--The “Lure” and its Use.--The “Quarry”--The Hawk’s “Trappings.”--Jesses, Bells, and Hood.--An Unmann’d Hawk.--The Cadge--The Hawks Mew.--The Royal Mews.--Origin of the word “Mews.”--Imping.--How to “Seel” a Hawk.--A Hawk for the Bush.--Going “a-birding.”--The “Stanniel” or Kestrel.--Origin of the Two Names.--The “Musket” or Sparrow-Hawk.--Hawk and Hernshaw.--Prices of Hawks.--Hawk’s Furniture.--Hawk’s Meat.--Falconer’s Wages.--Sundries. 49