From eagerness to purchase, and from inexperience, people pay high sums for falcons. His Majesty allows dealers every reasonable profit; but from motives of equity, he has limited the prices. The dealers are to get their gain, but buyers ought not to be cheated. In purchasing falcons people should see to which of the following three classes birds belong. First, khánah kuríz birds; they have moulted whilst in charge of experienced trainers, and have got new feathers. Second, choz birds; they have not yet moulted. Third, Tarínák birds; they have moulted before they were captured. First class, a superior báz costs 12 muhurs; second grade do., 9 M.; third do., 6 M. Second class, first, 10 M.; second, 7 M.; third, 4 M. A third class báz is somewhat cheaper than second class ones.

Jurrahs. First class, 8 5, 2, 1 M. Second class, 6, 4, 1½, 1 M., 5 R.

Báshahs. First class, 3, 2, 1 M., 4 R. Second class, 2, 1 M., 5 R.

Sháhíns of both kinds, 3, 2, 1 M.

Bahrís, 2, 1½, 1 M. Young Bahrís a little less.

K'helahs, 1½, 1, ½ M.

Charghs, 2½ R., 2, 1½ R.

Chappak báshahs, 1 R.; ½, ¼ R.

Shikarahs, 1½ R., 1, ½ R.

Besrahs, 2 R., 1½, 1 R.

Chappak shikarahs, lagars, jhagars, turmatís, rekís, 1 R., ½, ¼ R. Their prices are not classified.

His Majesty rewards the Mir Shikárs (superintendents of the chase) according to their ranks, with suitable presents. There are also fixed donations for each game brought in, varying from 1 M. to 1 d. If the falcons bring the game alive or dead, attention is paid to the skill which it exhibited, and to the size of the prey. The man who keeps the falcon gets one-half of the allowance. If His Majesty hunts himself, fifty per cent. of the donation is stopped. If birds are received by the Imperial aviary as peshkash (tribute), the Qushbegí (Superintendent of the Aviary) gets for every báz 1½ R., and the accountant, ½ R. For jurrahs, the Qushbegí gets 1 R.; the accountant, ¼ R.; for báshahs, the former receives ¼ R.; the latter, 1/8 R.; for every láchín, chargh, chargílah, k'helah, bahrí bachchah, the former gets 1/8 R., the latter 1/10 R.; for every chhappak, báshah, dhotí, &c., the former receives 1/10, the other 1/20 R. (súkí).

The minimum number of báz and sháhín falcons, kept at Court, is forty; of jurrahs, thirty; of báshahs, one hundred; of bahrís, charghs, twenty; of lagars, and shikarahs, ten.