You will learn that," said the consequential master of the hawks, " when you see our sport :" and I was convinced, at the period he predicted, of the old fellow's knowledge of his business. The first hare seized by the falcon was very strong, and the... Bertha's Visit to Her Uncle in England - Page 237by Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1831Full view - About this book
| James Silk Buckingham - 1827 - 680 pages
...:' and I was convinced, at the period he predicted, of the old fellow's knowledge of his business. ' The first hare seized by the falcon was very strong,...stop the course of the hare, whose efforts to escape, I do think, would have torn the hawk asunder, if it had not been provided with the leathern 'defences... | |
| John Malcolm - 1827 - 328 pages
...sport f and I was convinced, at the period he predicted, of the old fellow's knowledge of his business. The first hare seized by the falcon was very strong,...stop the course of the hare, whose efforts to escape, I do think, would have torn the hawk asunder, if it had not been provided with the leathern defences... | |
| 1827 - 684 pages
...:' and I was convinced, at the period he predicted, of the old fellow's knowledge of his business. ' The first hare seized by the falcon was very strong,...stop the course of the hare, whose efforts to escape, I do think, would have torn the hawk asunder, if it had not been provided with the leathern defences... | |
| 1830 - 426 pages
...very common bird here ; but we saw it for a considerable time rapidly wheeling round and round a Urge oak tree, and hawking among the branches in pursuit...which it was enabled to stop the course of the hare, whoso efforts to escape would have torn the hawk asunder, if it had not been provided with the leather... | |
| James Augustus St. John - 1831 - 336 pages
...and I was convinced, at the period he pre-^ dieted, of the old fellow's knowledge of his business. The first hare seized by the falcon was very strong,...stop the course of the hare, whose efforts to escape, I do think, would have torn the hawk asunder, if it had not been provided with the leathern defences... | |
| James Augustus St. John - 1832 - 446 pages
...:' and I was convinced, at the period he predicted, of the old fellow's knowledge of his business. The first hare seized by the falcon was very strong,...stop the course of the hare, whose efforts to escape, I do think, would have torn the hawk asunder, if it had not been provided with the leathern defences... | |
| John Kitto - 1835 - 344 pages
...seizes is strong enough to drag it along the ground in its efforts to escape. Thus while the falcon has the claws of one foot fastened in the back of its prey, the other foot is dragged along on the ground until he can lay hold of a tuft of grass, by which he is enabled... | |
| 1842 - 352 pages
...;' and I was convinced, at the period he predicted, of the old fellow's knowledge of his business. The first hare seized by the falcon was very strong,...stop the course of the hare, whose efforts to escape, I do think, would have torn the hawk asunder, if it had not been provided with the leathern defences... | |
| 1851 - 484 pages
...:" and I was convinced, at the period he predicted, of the old fellow's knowledge of his business. The first hare seized by the falcon was very strong,...stop the course of the hare, whose efforts to escape, I do think, would have torn the hawk asunder, if it had not been provided with the leathern defences... | |
| 1853 - 498 pages
...:" and I was convinced, at the period he predicted, of the old fellow's knowledge of his business. The first hare seized by the falcon was very strong,...stop the course of the hare, whose efforts to escape, I do think, would have torn the hawk asunder, if it had not been provided with the leathern defences... | |
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