Otter Hunting 27 



finde not the otter quickly, he may then 

 judge that he has gone to couche somewhere 

 further off from the water, for an otter will 

 sometimes seeke his feede a myle (or little 

 lesse) from his couche and place of reste. 



" Commonly he will rather go up the river 

 than doune, for goying up the streame the 

 streame bringeth him sent of the fyshes that 

 are above him ; and bearing his nose into 

 the winde, he shall sooner finde any faulte 

 that is above him. Also you shall make an 

 assemblie for the otter as you do for the 

 harte ; and it is a note to be observed that 

 all such chaces as you draw after, before you 

 finde them, lodge them or hebor them, you 

 shoulde make a solemne assemblie to heare 

 all reportes before you undertake to hunte 

 them, and then he which hath founde of an 

 otter, or so drawen towards his couche that 

 he can undertake to bryng you unto him, 

 shall cause his houndes to be uncoupled a 



