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  FALCONRY - LoveToKnow Article on FALCONRY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Once in a hedge or tree he is perfectly safe from the wild falcon, but the case is otherwise when the falconer approaches with his trained tiercel, perhaps a cast of tiercels, waiting on in the air, with some active runners in his field.
Snipe may be killed by first-class tiercels in favorable localities.
Wild duck and teal are only to be flown at when they can be found in small pools or brooks at a distance from much waterwhere the fowl can be suddenly flushed by men or dogs while the falcon is flying at her pitch overhead.
www.1911ency.org /F/FA/FALCONRY.htm   (8449 words)

  
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Conall engages in secret Deryni training with Tiercel, poisons Kelson's flask with merasha, and almost kills his father in his quest for the throne.
However, one of the Council members, Tiercel, is largely responsible for Conall's treachery, or at least giving him the skills to embark on his quest for the crown.
Despite support from the formidable Camberian Council of the 920s, Javan, alas, fails at the end to avoid the traps set by his numerous enemies and dies on the battlefield, while Kelson, despite sometimes limited known Deryni supporters, manages to survive and eventually to marry.
www.deryni.net /zipperarchives.html   (14811 words)

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