Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1823. Excerpt: ... MpSP EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE ACCOJBr ."PttSHED WITH A BAROUCHE. A party of gentlemen, on Tuesday, the 10th of March, 1812, for a considerable wager, started from the George Inu, at Portsmouth, iu Bellet's Barouche-and-four, to reach London, a distance of seventy-two miles, in seven hours and three-quarters; which to the astonishment of both parties, was accomplished in five hours and thirty-one minutes, being two hours and fourteen minutes less than the given time; averaging fourteen miles an hour. The following is a statement of the distance, and places of changing horses. Miles. Mia. From Portsmouth to Horndean 10-53-_ _ _. to Petersfield 8-32-----to Liphook 8-41-----to Godalming----12-54-----to Ripley 10-47 a-..--to Kingston----12-45-----to Hyde Park Corner 12-49 Changing of the horses------10 72 331 FALCONRY AMONG THE ANCIENTS. An early writer on this subject gives us the following anecdote: --" I once had (says he) an excellent opportunity of seeing this sport near Nazareth in Galilee?, An Arab; m'oua'tin.g a vd . i. 21 swift courser, held the falcon on his hand, as huntsmen commonly do. When he espied the animal on the top of the mountain, he let loose the falcon, which flew in a direct line, like an arrow and attacked the antelope, fixing the talons of one of his feet into its cheeks, and those of the other into his throat, extending his wings obliquely over the animal; spreading one towards one of his ears, and the other to the opposite hip. The creature, thus attacked, made a leap twice the height of a man, and freed himself from the falcon; but, being wounded, and losing both its strength and speed, it was again attacked by the bird, which fixed the talons of both his feet into its throat, and held it fast, till the huntsmen coming up, too..."
