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falconry

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falconry

The use of specially trained falcons and hawks to capture birds or small mammals. Practised since ancient times in the Middle East, falconry was introduced from continental Europe to Britain in Saxon times.

In recent times there has been a revival of interest in the West.



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This sight reminded me of falconry and what nobleness and poetry are associated with that sport.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
He was profoundly versed in hunting and falconry, and had one day when conversing on this great art astonished even Louis XIII himself, who took a pride in being considered a past master therein.
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