54 . Conrfmg, 



up, and lay in the dogs, themfelves fol- 

 lowing on horfeback. 



Whoever has good greyhounds fhould 

 never lay them in too near the Hare, nor 

 run more than two at a time. For, though 

 the animal is very fwifr, and will oftentimes 

 beat the dogs, yet, when ihe is firil ftarted, 

 £he is fo terrified by the hollowing, and by 

 the dogs being very clofe, that her heart 

 is overcome by fear, and, in the confufion^ 

 veiy often the beft fporting Hares are killed 

 without Ihewing any diverfion , She fhould, 

 therefore, be fuffered to run fome distance 

 from her form and recoiled: her fpirits, 

 ;and then, if flie is a good fporting Hare, 

 ihe will lift up her ears, and ilretch out 

 with long rates from her feat, the dogs di- 

 reding their courfe after her with great ac- 

 tivity of limbs, as if they were leaping, af^. 

 'fording a fpedacle worthy the trouble that 

 inuil: neceilarily be employed in properly 

 breeding and training thefe dogs, 



Thofe are the beft Hares that ar« found 

 in open and expofed places, for, being bold, 

 they do not hide themfelves, but feem as it 



were 



