a?2d marvellous ^ales of Hares . ly^ 



hit upon a burning fcent, which has invited 

 the pack together, and given them fuch 

 ipirits, every Dog has ftooped and tried it. 



How numerous are the marvellous ftories 

 of Hares at default, tending chiefly to ag- 

 grandife their extenfive capacity and cun- 

 ning. Some we read of, when hard preiled, 

 that have ftarted frefh Hares, and quatted in 

 their forms -, others climbed upon quickfet 

 hedges, and ran a long way upon the top, 

 then leaped off, and baulked the Dogs, 

 Some have made to furze-bufhes, and leaped 

 from bufh to bufh, like Squirrels from 

 fpray to fpray, by which means the Hounds 

 have been at irrecoverable defaults. Becaufe 

 I never experienced fuch craft and policy, it 

 would be wrong to deny the reality of it: 

 but, faith, I fmile to read or hear of 

 Hares that played fuch pranks with defign 

 or on purpofe. 



I have ktn. inftances of their dropping 

 back, and feating again in the fame forms ; 

 alfo of vaulting, running through houfes, 

 creeping into fheep-cotes, and, in open 

 countries, of holding the fheep-blemifh, 

 and intermixing with the flock ; but moft 



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