On the third day, feed her on the head of a live gazelle, giving her only a light meal. On the fourth day, fly her in the open country at a single bright and active[460] gazelle, but so act that she cannot tell that the gazelle is not a wild one. Kill the gazelle under her and act as before.
The next day “set” her by giving her washed meat, and the day after fly her at a wild gazelle. She certainly—please God—will not fail.
FOOTNOTES:
[422] A Sayyid is a descendant of the Prophet.
[423] Had the falcon been netted (and its eyes seeled) some days before its twelve days’ education commenced, the matter would have been much simpler. Even though a hawk be not carried nor handled, the mere fact of having its eyes seeled has a quieting effect. It learns to eat from the fist, becomes accustomed to human voices, and loses a little of its high jungle condition.
[424] Vide note [78], page 17.
[425] Kummalīn, “old men, elders,” double Arabic plural of kāmil: inadmissible in Arabic and incorrect in Persian: perhaps a misprint for akmalīn.
[426] H.H. the late Mir ʿAlī Murād of Sindh used, at one time, to train lagaṛ falcons to ravine deer, but with what success I cannot say. He afterwards, for this flight, abandoned lagaṛs in favour of passage charg͟hs.
[427] In Urdu this is called bāzār kī mār.
[428] In the East, hawks, even when fully trained, are daily “carried” in the bazar. Keeping hawks unhooded on a block is a western practice that does away with the necessity for a certain amount of carriage. Most hawks, however, even “intermewed” hawks, are the better for much “carriage.”