Note 159 — Chapter XVI · THE SHUNQĀR OR JERFALCON
D. C. (Douglas Craven) Phillott translation
An unconscious exaggeration on the author’s part. A mounted falconer, who will carry for six or seven hours at a stretch, without complaint, a hawk that weighs 2½ lbs., will tire at the end of an hour if this weight is exceeded by half a pound or even less. At such moments it is difficult to avoid forming an exaggerated estimate of the burden.