with TiireBiom to Huntfmen, \6j 



a ring or fo, a Buck is apt to do, and loiter 

 a vaft way on frefh ground, without offering 

 to return. 



The Doe now and then doubles in a (hort 

 Ipace, and feldom holds an end, unlefs 

 knit, or at the end of the feafon has kin- 

 dled. At fuch times fhe often runs forward, 

 and fcarce ever returns to her young, or ef- 

 capes with life, being naturally weak and 

 unfit for fatigue. 



Yet, notwithftanding all that can be ad- 

 vanced, both fexes regulate their condudt 

 much according to the feafon and weather. 

 After a rainy night, in a woody country, 

 neither Buck nor Doe cares to keep the co* 

 vert, the wet and drops that hang on the 

 fprays offend them ; therefore they hold the 

 highways or flony lanes, for as the fcent 

 naturally lies ftrong, they beat the roads 

 that take the leaft : not that a Hare judges 

 upon what foil the fcent lies weakeil, it is 

 her ears that chiefly direct her ; for the 

 Hounds being oftener at default on the hard 

 paths than the turf, ihe finds herfelf not fo 

 clofely purfued, by being not much alarm- 

 ed with the continued cry of the Dogs at 

 M 4, her 



