'fl Obfervations on 



in conjundiion with the faid inftruments, to 

 fettle and confirm our prognoftication .. In 

 the mean time it muft be confefTed, that 

 this ingenious machine is of great ufe to 

 the obfervant Huntfman ; and when he rifes- 

 in the morning, and finds the air molft and 

 temperate, the quickfilver in his glafs mo- 

 derately high, or gently convex, he has a 

 fair invitation to prepare for his exercife. 

 I know it is a cuftom with our juvenile 

 Sportfmeii to fix the time two or three days 

 before hand to meet a friend, or to-, hunt 

 in fdch or fuch a quarter. But appointed 

 matches of this kind are my averfion and 

 abhorrence: he that will enjoy the pleafures 

 of the chace, mull afk leave of the Heavens. 

 Hunting is a trade that is not to be forced, 

 nor can the beft Cry that ever was coupled, 

 make any thing of it, unlefs the air be in 

 tune. 



The earthialfo hath no fmall influence on 

 this delicious paftime ; for, though it fome- 

 times happens (according to the obfer- 

 vation above) that the fcent is floating, fo 

 that you may run down a Hare through water 

 and mire, efpecially if you keep pretty clofe 



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