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after her, without the trouble of ftjopingj 

 yet, at fuch a feafon, the firft fault is the 

 lofs of your Game ; the perfpirations of her 

 body being wafted over head by the gravity 

 of the air, and thofe of her feet being left on 

 elements that abforb or confound them. 

 This laft cafe very often happens at the 

 going off of a froft; the mercury is then 

 commonly falling, and by confequence the 

 fcent finking to the ground. The earth is 

 naturally on fach occafion fermenting, dif- 

 folving, {linking, exhaling, and very po- 

 rous, fo that it is impoffible but moft of the 

 particles mufl: then be corrupted, buried, 

 or overcome by ilronger vapours. It is 

 common to hear the vulgar fay, fhe carries 

 dirt in her heels ; but that is not all, it being 

 very plain, by what has been obferved, that 

 it is not only by the fcent of the foot fhe is 

 fo eagerly purfued. The mention of froft 

 puts me in mind of a particular obfervatiorx 

 of my own making, that may be ufeful or 

 diverting to my Brethren of the Chace : 

 You all make it a great part of your plea- 

 fure to hunt out the walk of a Hare to her 

 feat, and doubtlefs you have often been fur- 



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