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sent of him. And he will svvymme along the ryver 

 long time before he come out, unless he light upon 

 some blocke or other such thing which stop him in 

 the streame, and then he is forced to come out. In 

 such places the huntesmen must have good regarde 

 to blemish at the place where he first toke soyle ; 

 and let them marke there wel which way he maketh 

 head, the which they may perceive either by their 

 houndes, or by marking which way he fled when he 

 came thither. Let them make their houndes take 

 the water, and swymme therein : for they may find 

 sent upon the bulrushes or weedes which grow in 

 the ryver. Or otherwise, the huntsmen themselves 

 may seeke to finde where the harte hath forsoken 

 the soyle (which huntsmen call breaking of the 

 water), and there they shall finde by the grasse or 

 hearbes which he hath borne downe before him 

 which way he maketh heade. When they finde 

 assuredly which way he maketh heade, then let 

 them call their houndes out of the water, for feare 

 lest they founder them with too much colde, after 

 their heate. And if there be three huntsmen of 

 them together, let two of them get one of one side 

 of the river, and another on the other side, and let 

 the thirde get him before that waye that the harte 

 hath made heade, to see if he can espye him 



