Coursing and Falconry (the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes) (1892)
Cox, Harding, Lascelles, Gerald, Duke of Beaufort (Ed.) · Longmans, Green and Co. (London) · leaf 270
d be attractive in form to the hawk, too heavy for it to carry, and convenient for ‘the falconer to carry and use. A very good lure is made of a horseshoe, well padded with tow, and bound and covered with leather. It should be covered over with two pairs of wings, of which wild duck’s will be found… … sewn double over the thumb, fore-finger, and upper part of the hand, or sharp claws will penetrate. A Fatconer’s Bac, with different compartments for live and dead lures, snaring lines, &c., is most useful. A pattern is 1 European falconers always carry the hawk on the left hand, but Indian,…
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