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we have also of an inferior rank, 



The Stanyel, the Ringtail, 



The Raven, the Buzzard, 



The Forked Kite, the Bald Buzzard, 



The Hen-driver, and others that I forbear to 

 name. 



Gentlemen, if I should enlarge my discourse to 

 the observation of the Eires, the Brancher, the Ra- 

 mish-Hawk, the Haggard, and the two sorts of 

 Lentners, and then treat of their several Ayries, 

 their Mewings, rare order of casting, and the reno- 

 vation of their feathers ; their reclaiming, dieting, 

 and then come to their rare stories of practice ; — I 

 say, if I should enter into these, and many other 

 observations that I could make, it would be much, 

 very much pleasure to me : but lest I should break 

 the rules of civility with you, by taking up more 

 than the proportion of time allotted to me, I will 

 here break off, and entreat you, Mr. Venator, to say 

 what you are able in the commendation of Hunting, 

 to which you are so much affected ; and if time will 

 serve, I will beg your favour for a further enlarge- 

 ment of some of those several heads of which I have 

 spoken. But no more at present. 



Ven. Well, Sir, and I will now take my turn, and 

 will first begin with a commendation of the Earth, 

 as you have done most excellently of the Air ; the 

 earth being that element upon which I drive my 

 pleasant, wholesome, hungry, trade. The earth is a 

 solid, settled element ; an element most universally 



