The gentleman's recreation in four parts, viz. hunting, hawking, fowling, fishing : wherein these generous exercises are largely treated of, and the terms of art for hunting and hawking more amply enlarged than heretofore : whereto is prefixt a large sculpture, giving easie directions for blowing the horn, and other sculptures inserted proper to each recreation : with an abstract at the end of each subject of such laws as relate to the same.

Of the Filanders.

There are several sorts of Filanders, but I shall speak but of one sticking to the Reins. They are Worms as small as a Thread, and about an Inch long, and lie wrapt up in a thin Skin or Net near the Reins of a Hawk, apart from either Gut or Gorge.

You shall know when your Hawk is troubled with them, by her poverty, by ruffling her Train, by strain∣ing the Fist or Pearch with her Pounces, and lastly, by croaking in the night when the Filanders prick her. You must remedy this Malady betimes, before these Worms have enlarged themselves from their proper station, roving elsewhere to your Hawk's ruine and de∣struction.

You must not kill them as other Worms, for fear of Impostumes from their corruption, being incapable to pass away with the Hawk's Mewt; but onely stupifie them, that they may be offensive but seldom; and that is done thus: Take a head of Garlick, taking away the outmost rinde; then with a Bodkin heated in the fire, make holes in some Cloves, then steep them in Oyl three days, and after this give her one of the Cloves down her Throat, and for forty days after she will not be troubled with the Filanders. Wherefore a Faulco∣ner will shew himself prudent, if, seeing his Hawk low and poor, he give her once a month a Clove of this Garlick for prevention of the Filanders.