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A Hooded Peregrine Falcon. Its eyes are covered by the hood until the game is in sight

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It is called Hawking or Falconry, and is a very old sport in which the falcon or the hawk was used to take game. It is still in use in some countries, but in old times falconry was the favorite sport of kings and nobles, many of whom spent much of their time in the field, hunting smaller or weaker birds by aid of the strong and swift falcon or hawk.

This kind of sport began very long ago, no one can say how long, it being common in Asia long before it was known in Europe. And it is common in some parts of Asia still.

Author
Home Life in All Lands--Book III--Animal Friends and Helpers
by Charles Morris
Published in 1911
Available from gutenberg.org
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