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^orts of the Hare-chace. But, as tlie Au^ 

 dior of the firft of thefe Treatifes juftly oh^ 

 ferves, in many inflanges the various kinds 

 of hunting are clofely connected, and what- 

 ever be the game purfued, every Huntfman 

 is equally interefted in the breeding and 

 education of the Hound, the nature of the 

 feent, and the general rules of the chace. 

 And, perhaps, both the Adive and the 

 Literary may pay fome deference to opinions 

 backed by the authority of fo refpedable a 

 name as that of Xenophon, who did not 

 difdain to write a Treatife on Hunting. 

 Though he confiders that exercife as a pro- 

 per fchool for forming the warrior, he evi- 

 dently gives the preference to Hare-hunting. 

 Speaking of the Hare, he avows his attach- 

 ment to the pleafure of hunting her in 



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