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The encyclopaedia of sport (1897)

Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898, Peek, Hedley, Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 405

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ch should be made of brass, is run the leash, a thong of leather about a yard long,with a button at one end, by which the hawkcan be fastened to the block or screen-perch.The latter is generally a pole about three inchesin diameter (the plainer and rougher the better)that has had fastened to it a… … FiG. 2.—Leash and Jess on Hawks Foot, with .Swivel. position, and, at the same time, to ensure thatit shall come up on the same side from whichit fell, so that it cannot get twisted roundthe perch. Of blocks, the simplest are thebest. A plain billet of hard wood, with thebark left on about a foot…

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