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the Beak thick and Short, the Neck long, the Shoulders
broad, Thighs long, Legs Ihort, Feet large, the Feathers
of the Wings flender, Pounces black, Oc.
The Falcon is excellent at the River, Brook, an~d even
Field; and flies chiefly at the larger Game, as Wild-goofe,
Kite, Crow, Heron, Crane, Pye, Shoveler, Vc.
It mull be added, that the Name Falcon is retrain'd to
the Female; for as to the Male Falcon, 'tis much fmaller,
weaker, and lefs courageous than the Female, and there-
fore denominated Yfaffiel, or lJiercelot,
,7ohn de .7a;21a, and feveral others, take the Name
Falcon to have been occafion'd by its crooked Talons, or
Pounces, which refemble a FaIx or Sickle. Giraldus de-
rives it a falcando, becaufe it flies in a Curve.
As in the Courfe of this Work, the feveral Terms of
Falconry are explain'd, it may be here neceffary to fay
Something in the general, of the Management and Difcipline
ef the Falcon, as being the Foundation of the Art of Fal-
conry. For the refl, the Reader may have Recourfe to
the Heads HAWK, and HAWKING.
When a young Falcon is firfl taken, fhe mull be feel'd;
and the Seeling at length gradually flacken'd, that She may
be able to fee what Provifions are brought her. Her Fur-
niture is to be Jeftes of Leather, maild Leafhes, with
Buttons at the End, and Bewets. Befide, a fmall round
Stick hanging in a String to firoke her frequently with-
al; which, the oftener 'tis done, the fooner and better will
The be man'd: Two Bells on her Legs, that The may be
the more readily found, or heard when The flirs, Scratches,
Lc: And a Hood rais'd, and bofs'd over her Eyes. Her
Food to be Pidgeons, Larks, and other live Birds, of which
She is to eat twice or thrice a Day, and till The be full
gorged. When the Falconer is about to feed her, he mull
hoop and lure, that The may know when to expe&l it.
Then unhooding her gently, he gives her two or three Bits,
and putting her Hood on again, gives her as much more;
but takes care The is clofe feeled, and after three or four
Days leflens her Diet. At going to bed, he fets her on a
Pearch by him, that he may awake her often in the
Night; continuing to do fo, till The grow tame and gentle.
When She begins to feed eagerly, he gives her Sheeps-
heart; and now he begins to unhood her by Day, but it
mull be done far from Company: Feeds her and hoods
her again ; and feeds her as before, but takes care not to
fright her with any thing, when he unhoods her; and if he
can, reclaims her without over-watching. The Falcon mull
be born continually on the Fift, till The be throughly man-
ned, and induced to feed in Company: For two or three
Days give her wafh'd Meat, and then Plumage, accord-
ing as you efteem her foul within; if The cafl, hood her
again, and give her nothing till fhe gleam after her Cafl-
ing: But when The has gleamed and cafl, give her a little
hot Meat in Company; and towards Evening let her plume
a Hen's Wing, likewife in Company: Cleanfe the Feathers
of her Cafling, if foul and flimy: If The be clean within,
give her gentle Calling; and when The is well reclaimed,
manned, and made eager and Tharp fet, you muff venture
to feed her on the Lure.
But three things are to be confider'd before your Lure
be fhew'd her. I. That The be bold and familiar in Com-
pany, and not afraid of Dogs and Horfes. 2. Sharp-fet and
hungry, having regard to the Hour of Morning and Even-
ing when you would lure her. 3. Clean within, and the
Lure well garnifh'd with Meat on both Sides. When you
intend to give her the Length of a Leafe, you mull ab-
fcond your felf: She mull alfo be unhooded, and have a
bit or two given her on the Lure, as The fits on your Fill.
That done, take the Lure from her, and fo hide it that
11e may not fee it: When The is unfeeled, caft the Lure
lo near her, that The may catch it within the Leneth of
her Lea&h; and as foon as The has feiz'd it, ufe your
Voice as Falconers do, feeding her upon the Lure on the
Ground.
After having lur'd your Falcon, in the Evening give her
but little Meat ; and let this Luring be fo timely, that you
may give her Plumage, &c. next Morning on your Ffil :
When fhe has calf and gleamed, give her a little beach-
ing of warm Meat: About Noon, tye a Creance to her
Leafe, go into the Field, there give her a bit or two upon
the Lure, and unfcel her; if you find fhe is fharp-fet, and
has eagerly feiz'd on the Lure, let a Man hold her, to let
her off to the Lure; then unwind the Creance, and draw
it after you a good way, and let him who has the Bird,
hold his Right-hand on the Taffel of her Hood readily to
unhood her, as foon as you begin to lure; to which if The
come well, floop roundly upon it, and haftly feize it, let
her call two ot three bits thereon. That done, unfeize,
take her off the Lure, and deliver her again to the Perfon
that held her; and going further off the Lure, feed her as
before; and fo daily farther and farther off the Lure.
Afterwards, you may lure her in Company, but do not
fright her: And having us'd her to the Lure on foot, do it


alfo on Horfe-back; which may be fooner accomplilh'd, by
caufing Horfemen to be about you, when you lure her on
Foot: 'Tis alfo fooner done, by rewarding her upon the
Lure on Horfe-back among Horfemen. And when lhe is
grown familiar this way, let fomebody a-foot hold the
Hawk, and he that is on Horfe-back, mufl call, and calt
the Lure about his Head, while the Holder takes off the
Hood by the Tafrel; and if The feize eagerly on the Lure
without fear of a Man or Horfe, then take off the Creance,
and lure at a greater Dillance, Lally, if you would have
her love Dogs as well as the Lure, call Dogs when you
give her Plumage. See BATHING, ENSEAMING, Cc.
FALCON,        R in Gunnety  See FAUCON, and
FALCONET,                  c T  FAUCONET.
FALCONER, a Perfon who brings up, tames, tutors,
and manages Birds of Prey; as Falcons, Hawks, tic. See
FALCONRY.
The Grand Seignior ufually keeps fix thoufand Falconers
in his Service.
The French King has a Grand Palconer, which is an
Office difmembred from that of Great Hunt, Grand Ve-
neier. The Hiltorians take notice of this Poll as early as
the Year I250.
One great Bufinefs of the Falconer, is to confider the Qua-
lity and Mettle of his Birds, to know which to fly early, and
which late. He mull alfobe bufy and cleanly in freeing them
of Lice, Nits, and Vermine. Every night after flying, he
Should give his Bird Cafling; nor mull he forget to water
her, unlefs The have been bath'd. After this, The mufb
be put in a warm Room, having a Pearch with a Candle
burning by her; where The is to fit unhooded, that The
may prune and pick her felf. Next Morning The Thould
be weather'd, Uc.
FALCONRY, or PAUCONRY, the Art of taming, ma-
naging, and tutoring Birds of Prey, particularly Falcons
and   'mawks; and employing them with Advantage in the
Purfuit of Game, call'd alfo HAWKING.
The Word is form'd of Falco, Falcon, or Faucon, the
Bird of mofl Ufe and Efleem in this kind of Sport. See
FALCON.
Falconry, as now praaic'd, was unknown among the
Greeks and Romans. All their Writings don't furnibh fo,
much as a proper Name to call it by: So far are they
from teaching us the Terms. 'Tis the French Language a-
lone, that has particular Words for all the Parts of Fal-
conry and Hunting ; and from them moll of our Terms,
as well as what we know of the Art it felf, are borrow'd.
The Writers of Reputation on Falconry, are Defparoff
Franchiere, 7lardif, Artelouche, Dalagona, and Latham.
M. de S. Martha has put the Principles of the Art into
fine Latin Verfes, in his Ilieracofophon, five de re accipi-
traria, libri tres.
FALDAGE, an antient Privilege, which feveral I.ords
referved to themfelves of fetting up Sheep-folds, or Pens,
in any Fields within their Manors, the better to manure
them; and this not only with their own, but with their Te-
nants Sheep.
This was alfo term'd Sela Fald;e and in fome old Char-
ters Fold-foca; and in fome Places a Fold-courfe, or Free-
fold.
FALL, 2Defcent, in Phyficks, the Tendency of any heavy
Body towards the Center of the Earth. See DESCENT.
Gallileo firft difcover'd the Ratio of the Acceleration of
falling Bodies, viz. That dividing the whole Time of fal-
ling into equal Parts, the Body will fall thrice as far in the
fecond Moment, as in the firll; five times as fat in the
third; fev'n timnes in the fourth, &,c. and fo on in the Order
of the uneven Numbers. See ACCELERATION.
For the Caufe of the FALL of Z odies, fee GRAVITY.
For the Laws of the FALLING B odies, fee DESCENT.
Water-FALL, fee CATARACT.
FALL, is alfo us'd in a moral Senfe; as the Fall of Adam.
See ORIGINAL SIN: The Fall of the Roman Empire, Cc.
Authors contend, that Plato had a Notion of the Fall
of Adam, which he had learnt from Mofes. Eufeb. de
Preparat. Evangel. 1. ir2. c. II. quotes a Fable in Plato's
Sympcf wherein he finds the whole Hillory, allegorically
related.
FALL, in Mufick and Poetry. See CADENCE, EPI-
GRAM, EC.
FALLACY, a Deception, or falfe Appearance or Re-
port. See EuRoRA, and TRUTiH.
The Epicureans, deny that there is any fuch thing as a
Fallacy of the Senfes. According to them all our Senfations,
and all our Perceptions, both of Senfe and Phantafv, are
true: So that Senfe is the firfi grand Criterion of Truth.
That the Senfes are never deceiv'd, they argue from their
being incapable of all Ratiocination and Remembrance:
Hence they can neither add, take away, couple, nor disjoin;
they cannot, therefore, infer, or conclude, or invent; and
confequently cannot deceive by any Inference, or Inven-
tion. This the Mind may do, but not the Senfe, whofe
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