The falconer should have with him in the field a pencil and small notebook, or at the least a card, upon which he can jot down a brief note or record of each flight, so that on his return home he can enter in his quarry-book a summary of the day's sport. The performances of each hawk should also be recorded in this book, as it is only by reference to this authentic volume, correctly kept day after day, that it can be known and remembered how she has acquitted herself. On the chance that it may be useful as a specimen, I give here an extract from the quarry-book which I keep, and which has been found to record pretty fully and in an exceedingly small space the chief points of interest in every day's proceedings. The first column gives the month and the name of each hawk, the second and following columns give the numbers of the days of the month and the scores made by each hawk. The units mean that a flight was successful, the zeros that it was not. When a fraction, such as 1/2, occurs it signifies that the hawk flew double, in company with another, and that the flight ended in a kill. The sign 0/0 stands for a double flight in which the quarry escaped. L means that a hawk was lost or left out, and C that she was recovered. At the foot may be a short note as to the day's weather. +------------+-------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | September. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | +------------+-------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | Eva | ... | 1 1 1 | 0 1/2 1 | 1 0 1 1 1 | | | | | | | | May | ... | 1 1 1 | 1/2 0 1 | 0 3/4 0 1 1 | | | | | | | | Ruy Lopez | 0 L | ... | C 1 | 0 0 1/4 1 | +------------+-------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | Wind | Gale. | 1/2 Gale. | High. | Moderate. | +------------+-------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ It is convenient also, and not at all troublesome, to keep a daily record of the flights and kills up to date. Such a score will read as follows:--