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Show clo time cport revived. Falionry Practiced In Scotlsnd Within With-in Recent Years. Hunting wllh falcons was revived a flco;lacd some years ago by Sir Henry lleHiune. A writer on field sports says: "Tho falconers hnd an old setter set-ter dog which hunted till he found a cove; of partrldsea. The falconers then threw off a hawk, which roso In circles till vc.y h'rh. then hovered above tho ring. Tho dog looked up to ses If Iho hawk was ready, and then ran In and mused the birds. Swoop went tho hswk. If h missed, the birds generally went Into a hedge and the hawk soared aealn and hovered ovor the birds. The old dog then went off after thein and got another polnL If the hawk killed lis bird Ihe falconer falcon-er went gently to It nod plrl ed It nn. If not he had to fetch the bird with the lure, a dummy bird wllh a bit of pigeon on It. He called the hawk "Kllly. kllly. Volyook." a sort of view halloo, and hurled the lure In the air. The hawk stooped to It end began to est the pigeon, and he then auo-cecded auo-cecded In picking It up." |