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140 THE ROYAL KAl.rON' KItS OF SCOTLAND.
The King's talconers were eltlier mounted, us some
had need to be, or went on foot, us did the grooms.
They received their clothes, wlii.li, iHciiuse they were
a free gift, were culled liveries, hut ihey were of no
distinctive coh)ur or puttenL As to whether they hud
special headquarters wc lj;ive no inli.rMiatir.n. There
is mention of the huilding of a gallery for the hawks,
but unfortunately the j^hice is not named. Fo.ssibly it
was at Linlithgow, and wo might reasonably infer that
the headquarters were there from the frequent mention
of falconers going thither for the special purjjose of
setting down their birds. Certainly the king's falcons
were not kept on the island oC Inehkeith, nor at Crai*'-
forth, near Stirling, as has been assei(i;