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Bitches:
al-Aqfa (al-Aqfa) with the idea of pursuing (could be Philby, 105
masc. also)
Ghazalah she-gazelle Daumas
(Ghazalah)
al-HamawIyah from Hamah Usamah, 157
Harakah movement al-Natshah, 70
Jadla’ falcon (in correct sense of the Mas. I Bay.
term), long haired
Kasab wolf (pattern fa *ati) La bid, 86
Khazzah (Khazza) springy, bouncy informant; Dickson
La‘bah fern, of La'ban informant
Najmah (Najma) star informant; Dickson
Nimrah fern, of Nimran informant
Raddah (Roddeh) good at coming/bringing back Euting
Saif ah (Sulfa) tough, keen informant; Euting
Sama’ sky, heaven Waters
Sathah (Sathah) bringing down close Raswan, 177
ShahTn peregrine falcon Dickson
Sha'lah fern, of Sha‘lan informant
ShThanah peregrine falcon informant
Shillah (Schelleh, removing, taking Raswan; Euting;
Shellah) Lunt
Simrah tawny, brownish colour informant
y Suham/Sukham dark, black/black or soft Labld
Turfah (Turfah) rare gift Dickson; Raswan
Zabyah she-gazelle informant

(Sources not already mentioned in the notes: J. Euting, Tagbuch einer Reise in
Innerarabien, Leiden, 1896-1914; A. Musil, Arabia Deserta, New York, 1927;
H. StJ.B. Philby, The Empty Quarter, London, 1933.)

The Quarry of the Hawk and the Saluki
The hunting season lasts from November to March, the period in
which, depending on the rains, game is most frequent in the desert.
:
The bedouin will slip their hawks at anything which, given the right
conditions of wind direction and force, range and the condition of
the hawk, they feel there is a chance of bringing down. But it is an
agreed principle that if a hawk is allowed too many flights at small
quarry, it will check at larger quarry. Further, in their estimation, the
larger the quarry killed, the more spectacular and worthy the
achievement. Apart from the quarry listed below, the hawk is
occasionally slipped at a dove and a rare sandgrouse, though the
latter are usually considered far too fast for it.