The Encyclopaedia of Sport and Games

Every sport and game of the Edwardian world in four volumes — from angling and ballooning to yachting — written by the people who did them, Theodore Roosevelt on big game among them.

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Jesses

The leather thongs (about 6 in. long) permanently attached to the legs of a hawk, and fastened to the swivel.

Jouk (of a hawk). - To sleep.

Kecks.-[See CROAKS.] Leash. A leathern thong fastened by a swivel to the hawk's jesses in order to secure her to perch or block.

Long-Winged Hawk.-[See HAWK and FAL- CON.] Lure. A padded piece of wood or iron with feather and meat attached to it by which the hawk is attracted to the falconer. The hawk is at first fed upon it, and taught to fly back to it when swung aloft in the air.

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