I04 CHASE OF THE WILD RED DEER 



to feede immediately after sixe of the clocke in the 

 evening : and therefore let the huntesman be con- 

 tent to have seene the slotte fresh, and to have 

 taken up the fewmisshing f and afterwards let 

 him retyre himself as secretely as he can, and never 

 tarrie to see or marke the entries, but carrie his 

 hounde in his arms with him. And when he is farre 

 enough from thence, lette him counterfayte the 

 shepherd, or whistle in some pipe, lest the harte 

 have ofotten him in the winde and so rowze, for if 

 he sing or whistle, he shall embolden him againe. 

 Afterwards he may rest half an hour or more in 

 some place by, to the end that the harte may be the 

 better assured, and then let him cast about and 

 make his ring. And if perchance he cannot find 

 any fewmisshing, and that the place be so thicke of 

 grasse that he cannot well see the slotte, then let 

 him kneele downe, having his hounde behinde him, 

 looking uppon the foyles and trackes in the leaves 

 and grasse, and if they be well streyned lett him 

 clappe his hande upon the slotte, and if he finde 

 that it be four fingers broade, then may he judge 

 him an harte of tenne by the foyles ; but if it be but 

 three fingers broade, he shall judge it a young harte. 

 Every word here written might be advantageously 



* The same as 'fewmet.' 



