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 and Sentiments. 71 the month of 06lober. The rude attempt at depiftuig a landfcape is intended to reprefent a river running from the diftant hills into a lake, and the hawkers are hunting cranes and other water-fowl. Prefents of hawks and falcons are not unfrequently mentioned in Anglo-Saxon No. 45. Anglo-Saxons Haivking. writers ; and in a will, an Anglo-Saxon leaves to his natural lord " two hawks and all his ftag-hounds." The Saxon youths were proud of their ikill in horfemanihip. Bede relates an anecdote of the youthful days of Herebald, abbot of Tyne- mouth, when he attended upon bifliop John of Beverley, from Herebald's own words — "It happened one day," the latter faid, "that as we were travelling with him (the bifliop), we came into a plain and open road, well adapted for galloping our horfes. The young men that were with him, and particularly thofe of the laity, began to entreat the bifliop to give them leave to gallop, and make trial of the goodnefs of their horfes When they had feveral times galloped back- wards and forwards, the bifliop and I looking on, my wanton humour prevailed, and I could no longer refrain ; but, though he forbade me, I fl:ruck in among them, and began to ride iVb. 46. Anglo-Saxons on a Journey.