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.

Cox, Nicholas, fl. 1673-1721., Langbaine, Gerard, 1656-1692. Hunter, a discourse in horsemanship.

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The Table for HAWKING: Being the Second PART.

THe Introduction: Page 1
Terms of Art: 4
Of the Haggard-Faulcon: 11
How to know the Nature and Disposition of several Hawks, and what must be observed from thence: 17
Of the Faulcon: 20
Of the Manning, Luring, Flights, and Mewing of a Faul∣con, with other things belonging to an Ostrager: 22
Of bathing a Faulcon lately reclaimed; how to make her, and to hate the Check: 26
How to enseam a Faulcon with her Castings and Scow∣rings: 28
General Instructions for an Ostrager or Faulconer: 32
How to hood a Hawk: 36
How to make your Hawk know your Voice and her own feed∣ing: 37
How to make your Hawk bold and venturous: ibid.
How to make a Hawk know the Lure: 38
How to make a Hawk flying: ibid.
A Flight for a Haggard: 40
How to make a Soar-Faulcon, or Haggard kill at the very first: 41
Remedy for a Hawks taking stand in a Tree: 42
How to help a Hawk froward and coy through pride of grease: ibid.
How to make a Hawk hold in her head and not mind Check: 43
How to continue and keep a Hawk in her high flying: ibid.
A flight for the Hern: 45
Of the Haggard-faulcon; why so called, her good shape 'and properties, &c.: 47
Of the Barbary-faulcon: 50
Of the Gerfaulcon: ibid.
Of the Saker: 53
Of the Lanner, Lanneret, and Tunisian: 54
Of the Metlin: 57
Of the Mewing of Merlins, Faulcons, &c. And which is the best way of Mewing: 58
Of the Hobby: 61
Of the Goshawk: 62
How to make the Soar or Haggard-Goshawk: 64
How to make a Goshawk fly to the Partridge: 65
How to help a Goshawk that turneth Tail to Tail, and gi∣veth over her Game: 66
How to make a Goshawk fly quickly: 67
How to fly a Goshawk to the River: 68
An excellent way to preserve a Goshawk in the time of her flying, especially in hot weather: 69
How to fly the Wild-goose or Crane with the Goshawk: ibid.
How to Mew a Goshawk, and draw her out of the Mew, and make her flying: 70
Some general Observations for an Ostrager or Faulconer in keeping and reclaiming a Goshawk: 71
Of the Sparrow-hawk: 73
How to make a Sparrow-hawk, whether Eyess, Brancher, Soar, Mew'd, or Haggard: 74
How to Mew Sparrow-hawks: 78
The duty of a Faulconer, with necessary Rules and Obser∣vations for him to follow: 80
Of Diseases and dangerous accidents incident to Hawks, and their several Cures: 81
Of Castings and Mewtings, either good or bad according to their several complexions and smells.: 82
Of the Cataract: 85
Of the Pantas or Asthma: 86
Of Worms: 87
Of the Filanders: ibid.
Another approved medicine for Filanders or Worms in Hawks: 88
Of Hawks Lice: ibid.
A safe and easie way to kill Lice in Hawks: 89
How to keep and maintain all manner of Hawks in health, good plight, and liking: ibid.
Of the Formica: 90
Of the Frownce: 91
Of the Pip: ibid.
How to remedy that Hawk which endeweth not, nor putteth over as she should do: 92
How to make a Hawk feed eagerly that bath lost appetite, without bringing her low: 93
How to raise a Hawk that is low and poor: ibid.
How to remedy a Hawk that is slothful and averse to flying: 94
Of swoln feet in a Hawk: ibid.
How to scour Hawks before you cast them into the Mew: 95
Penal Laws relating to Hawks and Hawking: 97

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