Note 443 — Chapter XXXII · TRAINING THE PASSAGE SAKER TO GAZELLE[426]
D. C. (Douglas Craven) Phillott translation
A hawk, suddenly and hurriedly unhooded, will leave the fist before she spies anything at all. The hood should be removed quietly without flurry; and if the hawk be raw it is often as well not to release her at her first “bate.” From the expression of the hawk’s eye it is quite easy to see if she has spied the quarry and means business. Even if she started for the galloping assistant falconer, the saker would spy the fawn on the way and divert her attention.