Note 452 — Chapter XXXII · TRAINING THE PASSAGE SAKER TO GAZELLE[426]
D. C. (Douglas Craven) Phillott translation
By that time she would have “put over” the whole of her food: nothing would remain in the crop. A hawk, if carried, puts over more quickly than if resting on the perch. It is an Indian saying that “When carried instead of two mutings it makes three.” “Carrying” of course includes frequent unhooding and rehooding and occasional turnings of the hand to induce the hawk to shift her position.