124 A Discourse on Hunting, 
running wide, you may take them foorth and put in other yong hounds which 
haue hunted the Hare the winter before: for the best Hariers prooue alwaies 
the best Buck hounds, if they be fléete enough. 
When you hunt in Forrest, Chase or Parke, if the Déere chance to get 
aduantage of your hounds, and become cold fled, then is the best triall of your 
hounds which will hunt him the coldest without checking or hunting any 
other Déere. And if you haue a couple of good hounds that you be sure will 
not chaunge, hunt to those and not to any other: so are you like to recouer 
your wearie Deere. One Deere so kilde, is better than a dosen in hot chase, 
and it will also make your hounds to become trailors of a weary Deere. 
How to hunt the Stagge after the end of Grassetime. 
Hen Grasse time is ended, and that you giue ouer hunting the Bucke, 
then may you for a fortnight after hunt the Stagge. But your Hunts- 
men must be carefull to be in, when he is readie to dye, and houghsnew him 
with their swords, otherwise he will greatly endaunger your hounds his head is 
so hard. 
I was very well acquainted with the hunting hereof both in Parke, Forrest 
and Chase, by the means of those honorable Gentlemen Francis Earle of 
Huntington, and the Marques of Northampton now deceased, who if either of 
them had heard of a Stagge lying in an out wood farre from the Forrest, Chase 
or Parke, whereof he was, would presently repaire with twentie couple of 
hounds to the place where he were harbored, and bee sure to send ten couple 
of the slowest to the relay foure miles off: to which sport for the most part I 
was sent for to await upon them. 
Such Huntsmen as follow this Chase must have especiall regard to the winde 
in their riding, and make sure the keepe, the side winde, or the full winde, 
if they can possiblie get it. So shall they heare most braue cries, and be 
assured to come in to the death of the Stagge. 
Howe to hunt the Otter. 
\ 7 Our huntsman early in the morning before he bring foorth your houndes, 
must goe to the water ; and seeke for the new swaging of an Otter, & 
in the mud or grauell finde out the sealing of his foote, so shall he perceiue 
