 The first hare seized by the falcon was very strong, and the ground rough. While the bird kept the claws of one foot fastened in the back of its prey, the other was dragged along the ground till it had an opportunity to lay hold of a tuft of grass, by...  The American Naturalist - Page 801871Full view - About this book
 | Sir John Malcolm - 1845 - 334 lehte
...strong, and the ground rough. While the bird kept the claws of one foot fastened in the back of its prey, the other was dragged along the ground till...with the leathern defences which have been mentioned. * Persian groom. The next time the falcon was flown gave us a proof of that extraordinary courage which... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1851 - 504 lehte
...of a tuft of grass, by which it was enabled to stop the course of the hare, whose efforts to escape would have torn the hawk asunder, if it had not been provided with the leather defences which I have mentioned. a hare by the first pounce, when two greyhounds, which had... | |
 | 1851 - 484 lehte
...strong, and the ground rough. While the bird kept the claws of one foot fastened in the back of its prey, the other was dragged along the ground till...the leathern defences which have been mentioned. The next time the falcon was flown, gave us a proof of that extraordinary courage which its whole appearance,... | |
 | 1853 - 498 lehte
...strong, and the ground rough. While the bird kept the claws of one foot fastened in the back of its prey, the other was dragged along the ground till...the leathern defences which have been mentioned. The next time the falcon was flown, gave us a proof of that extraordinary courage which its whole appearance,... | |
 | Llewelyn Lloyd - 1854 - 550 lehte
...strong, and the ground rough. While the bird kept the claws of one foot fastened in the back of its prey, the other was dragged along the ground till...the leathern defences which have been mentioned." Again — " When the Shaban (falcon) is flown at the hare," so we are told by Lieutenant Richard F.... | |
 | John Potter Hamilton - 1860 - 340 lehte
...strong, and the ground rough. While the bird kept the claws of one foot fastened in the back of its prey, the other was dragged along the ground, till...the leathern defences which have been mentioned. The next time the falcon was flown it gave us a proof of that extraordinary courage which its whole appearance,... | |
 | 1871 - 812 lehte
...language of Sir John Malcolm respecting it. "When at Shiraz the Elchee had received a present of a very fine Shah-Baz or royal falcon. Before going out I...in Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartarj r and a part of Central Asia." "A well-mounted Kirghis held the benrcoote, chained to a perch,... | |
 | 1871 - 806 lehte
...of a very fine Shah-Buz or royal falcon. Before going out I had been amused at seeing Nutee Beg, onr headfalconer, a man of great experience in his department,...in Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartnry and a part of Central Asia." "A well-mounted Kirghis held the bearcoote, chained to a perch,... | |
 | John Frost - 1879 - 484 lehte
...rough. While the bird kept the claws of one foot fastened in the back of its prey, the other was d rawed along the ground till it had an opportunity to lay...the leathern defences which have been mentioned. The next time the falcon was flown, gave us a proof of that extraordinary courage which its whole appearance,... | |
 | 1880 - 252 lehte
...strong, and the ground rough. While the bird kept the claws of one foot fastened in the back of its prey, the other was dragged along the ground till...the leathern defences which have been mentioned." A precisely similar precaution is adopted in India where hares are also taken with a falcon. A broad... | |
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