jy^ Default y iDith Cautions, 



the hunt, with additional vigour, not from 

 decay of fcent, but the contrary j whence 

 they become, every inch they go, more fen- 

 lible of their near approach to the Hare, 

 than all the Hunters in the field. 



But ihould it be maintained, the fmell 

 does really decreafe, the more a Hare is 

 prefled, what can it be owing to ? To lay 

 it down as fadt, without offering fome rea- 

 ibn, is certainly a very arbitrary determina- 

 tion. Is it becaufe ihe is run out of wind? 

 If that is allowed, Cafuifts, who maintain 

 Hounds hunt the foot, mufl give up the ar- 

 gument : for what reafon can be affigned 

 why a Hare's it^ty immediately before her 

 death, do not leave as ilrong and equal fcent 

 as at flarting. 



Hares, or other creatures, hard run, 

 perform their infpiration and expiration 

 very quick, at leafh fix times in proportion 

 for once they otherwife would, if cool and 

 not urged. Now, if fix expirations, under 

 ievere purfuit, are equal to one, when a Hare 

 is jufl ftarted, what difference can there be 

 in the fcent ? 



It may be alledged, the fcent lies ilronger 



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