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Author: Cox, Nicholas, fl. 1673-1721.
Title: The gentleman's recreation in four parts, viz. hunting, hawking, fowling, fishing : wherein these generous exercises are largely treated of, and the terms of art for hunting and hawking more amply enlarged than heretofore : whereto is prefixt a large sculpture, giving easie directions for blowing the horn, and other sculptures inserted proper to each recreation : with an abstract at the end of each subject of such laws as relate to the same.
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Print source: The gentleman's recreation in four parts, viz. hunting, hawking, fowling, fishing : wherein these generous exercises are largely treated of, and the terms of art for hunting and hawking more amply enlarged than heretofore : whereto is prefixt a large sculpture, giving easie directions for blowing the horn, and other sculptures inserted proper to each recreation : with an abstract at the end of each subject of such laws as relate to the same.
Cox, Nicholas, fl. 1673-1721., Langbaine, Gerard, 1656-1692. Hunter, a discourse in horsemanship.
London: Printed, and are to be sold by Jos. Phillips ... and Hen. Rodes ..., 1686.
Subject terms:
Hunting -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Fishing -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Fowling -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Falconry -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Game laws -- England.
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To the Right Honourable JAMES Lord NORREYES BARON of RICOT, His Majesties Lord-Lieutenant OF OXFORD-SHIRE.
book 1
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OF HUNTING. The Introduction.
HUNTERS TERMS.
Which are Beasts of Forest, or Venery, or Venary, Chase, and Warren.
The names of the Beasts of Chase according to their Ages.
The Seasons of Beasts.
Terms to be used for Beasts of Venery and Chase, as they are in Company one with the other.
Terms for their Lodging.
Terms for their Dislodging.
Terms for their Noise at Rutting time.
Terms for Copulation.
Terms for the Footing and Treading of all Beasts of Venery and Chase.
Terms of the Tail.
Terms for their Ordure.
Terms for the Attire of Deer.
Terms for Flaying, Stripping, and Casing of all manner of CHASES.
Proper Terms for the Noises of Hounds.
Different Terms for Hounds and Grey-hounds.
Some other Terms and Descriptions relating more particularly to Forest and Forest-Laws.
Of DOGS in general.
Of Dogs for Hunting. Of the Hound Rache and SLUTH-HOUND, so called in Scotland, and by the Germans SCHLATHUND.
Of the BLOOD-HOUND.
Of the GAZE-HOUND.
Of the GREY-HOUND.
Sic Canis illa suos taciturna supervenit hostes.
Of the HARRIER and TERRIER.
Of LEVINER or LYEMMER.
Of the TUMBLER.
Of the SPANIEL.
Of the WHITE-HOUND.
Of FALLOW-HOUNDS.
Of the DUN-HOUND.
The marks of a good and fair Hound.
Of the Election of a Dog and Bitch for good Whelps.
How to enter young Hounds to Hunt the Hart; and what Quarries and Re∣wards you shall give them.
Of COURSING with Grey-Hounds.
The Laws of the Leash or Coursing.
Of the Stiles of Hunting different from the English both Antique and Forrein.
Of Hart-Hunting.
The nature of a Hart.
Of the Rut of Harts.
The time of Harts Mewing, or Casting the Head.
Of the Coats and Colour of Harts.
Of the Heads and Branches of Hearts, and their diversities.
How to know an old Hart by the Slot, Entries, Abatures and Foils, Fewmets, Gate and Walks, Fraying-Stocks, Head and Branches.
The Names and diversities of Heads, according to Hunting-Terms.
How to seek a Hart in his Haunts or Feeding-places according to the seasons of the year.
In what manner the Huntsman shall go drawing in the Springs.
The directions for Harbouring a Stag are these:
How to find a Hart lost the night before.
How to find a Hart in high Woods.
How to Unharbour a Hart, and cast off the Hounds.
What subtilties are used in Hunting a Hart at force.
How to kill a Hart at Bay.
Directions at the Death of Buck or Hart.
Buck-Hunting.
Roe-Hunting.
Rain-Deer-Hunting.
Of the Nature and Properties of a Hare.
Hare-Hunting.
Of the Craft and Subtlety of an Hare.
How to Enter Hounds to the Hare.
What time of the year is best for Hare-Hunting: How to find her, start her, and chase her.
Of Parks and Warrens.
Of Coney-Catching.
Of the Ferret.
Of Fox-Hunting.
Of Fox-Hunting above ground.
Of Badger-Hunting.
What Instruments are to be used in digging, and how to dig for Badger or Fox.
Of the Otter.
Of the Squirrel.
Of the Martern and Wild-Cat.
A short Account of some particular Beasts that are not Hunted in Eng∣land, but in Forrain Countries.
The Nature and Properties of a Wolf, and the manner of its Hunting.
Wild-Goat-Hunting.
Hunting of the Wild-Boar.
Terms to be used in Boar-Hunting.
Boar-Hunting with Hounds at Force.
Of the Nature and Properties of a Bear, and after what manner Hunted.
Of the Beaver.
Of the Elk.
Dogs Diseases Remedied, and their Hurts Healed, according to the best Prescriptions of Ancient and Modern Huntsmen.
Of a Five-fold Madness in a Dog: the Symp∣toms of the Maladies, and their CVRE.
Of the Dumb Madness.
Of the Falling Madness.
Of the Lank Madness.
Of the Sleeping Madness.
Of the Rhcumatick or Slavering Madness.
Concerning the Madness of Dogs, and their Venomous Bitings.
A Remedy against the common Mange.
A brief Discourse of the Cure of Maladies belonging to Spaniels, with other accidents happening.
Cure of the Formica.
For Swelling in the Throat.
Of Worms breeding in the Hurts and Mangy parts of a Spaniel.
To help a Spaniel that hath lost his sense of Smelling.
The benefit of cutting off the tip of a Spaniel's Tail or Stern.
An Abstract of such Penal LAWS As relate to HUNTERS and HUNTING.
A further Abstract of some Penal LAWS as concern FORESTS, CHASES, &c.
book 2
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OF HAWKING.
Terms of Art in Faulconry, as they were used by Ancient Faulconers, and are now by Modern Practitio∣ners, with their Explanations.
The Names and Natures of Hawks in general: and first of the Haggard-Faulcon.
Rules for ordering a Haggard-faulcon in the Luring: with the Causes and Remedies of Carrying, and other ill qualities.
How to know the Nature and Disposition of several HAWKS, and what must be observed from thence.
Of the Faulcon.
Of the Manning, Luring, Flights and Mew∣ing of a Faulcon, with other things pro∣perly belonging to an Ostrager.
Of Bathing a Faulcon lately reclaimed; how to make her Flying, and to hate the Check.
How to enseam a Faulcon with her Castings and Scowrings.
General Instructions for an Ostrager or Faulconer.
Of the Rammage-faulcon.
How to Hood a Hawk.
How to make a Hawk know your Voice, and her own Feeding.
How to make your Hawk bold and venturous.
How to make a Hawk know the Lure.
How to make a Hawk flying.
A Flight for a Haggard.
How to make a Soar-faulcon or Haggard kill her Game at the very first.
Remedy for a Hawk's taking Stand in a Tree.
How to help a Hawk froward and coy through pride of Grease.
To make a Hawk hold in her Head, and not mind Check.
How to continue and keep a Hawk in her high-flying.
A Flight for the Hern.
Of the HAGGARD-FAULCON, why so called; her good Shape and Pro∣perties: And what difference there is between a Haggard and a Faul∣con-gentle.
Of the BARBARY-FAULCON.
Of the GERFAULCON.
Of the SAKER.
Of the LANNER, LANNERET, and TUNISIAN.
Of the MERLIN.
Of the Mewing of Merlins, Faulcons, Gerfaul∣cons, and Mylions at Stock or at Large: and which is the best way of Mewing.
Of the HOBBY.
Of the GOSHAWK.
How to make the Soar or Haggard Goshawk.
How to make a Goshawk fly to the Partridge.
How to help a Goshawk that turneth Tail to Tail, and giveth over her Game.
How to make a Goshawk fly quickly.
How to fly a Goshawk to the River.
An excellent way to preserve a Goshawk in the time of her flying, especially in hot weather.
How to fly the Wild-goose or Crane with the Goshawk.
How to mew a Goshawk, and draw her out of the Mew, and make her Flying.
Some general Observations for an Ostrager or Falconer in Keeping and Reclaim∣ing a GOSHAWK.
Of the SPARROW-HAWK.
How to make a Sparrow-hawk, whether Eyess, Brancher, Soar, Mew'd, or Haggard.
Of the Brancher, Sodr, Mew'd, and Haggard Sparrow-hawk.
How to mew Sparrow-hawks.
The Duty of a Faulconer; with necessary Rules and Observations for him to follow.
Of Diseases and dangerous Accidents in∣cident to HAWKS, and their several Cures.
Of Castings, and Mewtings, either good or bad according to their several Complexions and Smells.
Of the Cataract.
Of the Pantas or Asthma.
Of Worms.
Of the Filanders.
Another approved Medicine for Filanders or Worms in Hawks.
Of Hawks Lice.
A safe and easie way to kill Lice in Hawks.
How to keep and maintain all manner of Hawks in health, good plight, and liking.
Of the Formica.
Of the Frownce.
To cure the dry Frownce.
Of the Pip.
How to remedy that Hawk which Endew∣eth not, nor Putteth over as she should do.
How to make a Hawk feed eagerly that hath lost her Appetite, without bringing her low.
How to raise a Hawk that is low and poor.
How to remedy a Hawk that is slothful, and is averse to flying.
Of Swoln Feet in a Hawk.
How to scour Hawks before you cast them into the Mew.
An Abstract Of such STATUTE-LAWS As concern HAWKING.
book 3
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OF FOWLING: OR, The compleat Art and Secrets of Fowling, either by Water or by Land, according to ancient and modern Experience.
Of the Haunts of Fowl.
The readiest way of taking great Fowl with NETS.
How to take small Water-fowl with Nets.
How to take all manner of small Birds with Bird-Lime.
How to take Great Fowl with LIME-TWIGS.
Of the great and lesser SPRINGES.
Of the FOWLING-PIECE and the STALKING-HORSE.
How to take all manner of Land fowl by day or night.
Of BAT-FOWLING.
Of the DAY-NET, and how to take Birds therewith.
Of taking small Birds which use Hedges and Bushes with Lime-twigs.
How to make the best sort of Bird-lime, and how to use it.
The best and most Experienced way of making Water. Bird-lime.
In what manner a man may take Snipes with this Bird-lime:
The manner of taking Felfares by Water-Bird-lime.
How to take Pigeons with Lime-twigs.
How to take Mag-pies, Crows, and Gleads with Lime-twigs.
How to take Rooks when they pull up the Corn by the Roots.
How to take Birds with BAITS, either Land or Water-fowl.
How to recover Fowl thus entranced.
A most excellent and approved way how to take the HERN.
How to take PHEASANTS several ways.
The fashion of Pheasant-Nets.
Of Driving of Pheasant-powts.
Of taking Pheasants with a Lime-bush.
The Seasons for the use of Nets or Lime.
How to take PARTRIDGES several ways, either by Net, Engine, Driving, or Setting.
Of taking Partridges with Nets.
How to take Partridges with Bird-lime.
How to drive Partridges.
How to take Partridges with a Setting-dog.
How to take RAILS, QUAILS, MOREPOOTS, &c.
How to elect and train a SETTING-DOG from a Whelp till he come to perfection.
How to train a WATER-DOG, and the use thereof.
How to take, preserve, and keep all sorts of Singing-birds that are commonly known in England. Giving also an account of their Nature, Breeding, Feeding, Diseases of the same, with their Remedies.
Of the NIGHTINGAL.
How to make a Net-trap for Nightingales.
Of the CANARY-BIRD.
Of the BLACK-BIRD.
Of the THROSTLE.
Of the ROBIN-RED-BREAST.
Of the WREN.
Of the WOOD-LARK.
Of the SKIE-LARK: The several ways to take them; and when taken, how to order them.
Of the LINNET.
Of the GOLD-FINCH, or CHRIST∣MAS-FOOL, so called in Norfolk.
Of the TIT-LARK.
Of the CHAF-FINCH.
Of the STARLING.
Of the RED-START.
Of the BULL-FINCH.
Of the GREEN-FINCH.
Of the HEDGE-SPARROW.
An Abstract Of such STATUTE-LAWS As concern FOWLING.
book 4
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OF FISHING. The Introduction.
A short Encomium, or somewhat in Praise of Fisher-men and Fishing.
How to Improve Fish-ponds, and the Fish therein contained.
How to make Carps grow to an extraordinary bigness in a Pond.
General Observations to be understood by all such who desire to attain to the compleat and perfect Art of Angling.
Astrological Elections for Angling in general.
What provision is to be made for Ang∣ling-Tools.
How to make a Line after the best manner.
Of the Hook, Flote, and other things worth the Observation.
Of Flies Natural and Artificial, and how to use them.
Of Ground Angling.
Of Night-Angling.
What times are seasonable, and what unsea∣sonable to Angle in.
Of the BARBEL.
Of the BREAM.
Of the BLEAK.
Of the BULL-HEAD, or MIL∣LER'S-THUMB.
Of the CHEVIN.
Of the CHAR.
Of the CHUB.
Of the CARP.
Of the DACE and DARE.
Of the EEL.
Of the FLOUNDER.
Of the GRAILING.
Of the GUDGEON.
Of the GUINIAD.
Of the LOACH.
Of the MINNOW.
Of the POPE, or RUFF.
Of the PIKE.
Of the PEARCH.
Of the RUD.
Of the ROACH.
Of the STICKLEBAG.
Of the SALMON.
Of the TENCH.
Of the TORCOTH.
Of the TROUT.
Of the UMBER.
Experimental Observations and use∣ful Directions for the right use of the Angle; and is a true and brief Epitome of the whole Art and Mystery of the Fishing Re∣creation.
An Angling SONG.
An Abstract of such Penal STATUTES As Relate to FISHING.
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THE TABLE FOR HUNTING: Being the First PART.
The Table for HAWKING: Being the Second PART.
The Table for FOWLING: Being the Third PART.
The Table for FISHING: Being the Fourth and last PART.
The Table for the HUNTING-HORSE, Being an Appendix to the First Part.
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The HUNTER. CHAP. I. Of Hunting-Horses in general, their Ex∣cellency, and the necessity and benefit of the Art of Keeping.
CHAP. II. Of Breeding, the Choice of a Stallion, and Mares, with some general Remarks on Marks and Colours.
CHAP. III. Of the Age a Hunter should be of before he be put to Hunting; of the Stable, and Groom, and of the Horse's first taking up from Grass, in order to his further Dieting.
CHAP. IV. How to order the Hunter for the first Fortnight.
CHAP V. Of the Second Fortnights Diet, and of his first Hunting, and what Chases are most proper to Train him.
CHAP. VI. Of the Horses Third Fortnights Keeping, and first thorough-Sweating.
CHAP. VII. Of making a Hunting-Match, its advan∣tages and disadvantages.
CHAP. IX. Of the Ordering the Hunter, for a Match or a Plate.
CHAP IX. Of the Means to judge of your Horses State of Body, and of curing all Casu∣alties that may happen after Matching.
CHAP. X. Of riding a Hunting-Match, or Heats for a Plate, and the Advantages be∣longing to each.
ERRATA.