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have scene them lying in a hollowe tree, foure 

 or five foote above the grounde." After 

 describing the otter, Tuberville states there 

 is "great cunning in the hunting of them," 

 and in the succeeding chapter he describes 

 the process : " When a huntesman would 

 hunte the otter, he should first send foure 

 servants or varlets, with bloodhoundes, or 

 such houndes as will draw in the game, and 

 let him sende them two up the river and 

 two doune the river, the one couple of them 

 on that one side, and the other on that other 

 side of the water. And so you shall be sure 

 to finde if there be an otter in the quarter ; 

 for an otter cannot long abide in the water, 

 and muste come forth in the night to feede 

 on grass and herbes by the water's side. If 

 any of theyr houndes finde of an otter, let 

 the huntesman looke in the softe grounde 

 and moyst places to see which way he bent 

 the head, up or doune the river. And if he 



