CHASE OF THE WILD RED DEER loi 



And when I had so wayted full an houre, 

 That he might be at layre and in his boure, 

 I cast about to harbour him full sure.' 



It will be observed that formerly the hound 

 was used by the huntsman to assist in the har- 

 bouring of a deer. But this was not always the 

 case, as the following interesting passages from the 

 above-mentioned work will show. In the thirtieth 

 chapter, 'How the Huntesman should seek in the 

 springs, or feede, to find an hart by his eye,' it is 

 said : — 



' The huntesman ought to look over night in 

 what coaste the deer go to feed : and if it be in a 

 spring, then let him mark which way he may best 

 come in the morning upon a clear wind. And also 

 let him choose some standing in some tree on the 

 border of the spring, from the which he may behold 

 easily all things that feed therein. In the morning 

 let him rise two hours before day, and go to the 

 covert ; and when he is come near to the deare's 

 harborough, he should leave his hound in some 

 house, or if he have a boye with him, he may leave 

 his hounde with the boye, and place him somewhere 

 that he may quickly finde him againe if he have 

 neede of him ; then let him go to his tree which 



