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and of the buck and the roebuck croties. The following 

 names are given to droppings by — 



Gaston de Foix and Master of Game 



Of the hart ^ Of the hart— Fumes. 



,, buck > Fumées, ,, buck ) >-, 



,. roebuck) ,, roebuck f ^^°*^y^- 



,, bear ^ ,, wild boar ") 



,, wild boar VLaisses. ,, black beasts and V Lesses. 



,, wolf J wolves j 



,, hare and conies — Crotes. ,, hare and Conies — Croties. 



,, fox, badger, and \ p. ,, fox— The wagging. 



stinking beasts j '^''"- ,, grey or badger— The Ward- 



, , otter — Spraintes. robe. 



,, stinking beasts — The Drit. 



,, otter — Spraintes. 



Other forms of this term are : fewmets, fewmishing, 

 crotels, crotisings, freyn, fuants, billetings, and spraits. 



FENCE MONTH. The month so called began, 

 according to Manwood, fifteen days before and ended 

 fifteen days after midsummer. During this time great 

 care was taken that no men or stray dogs should be 

 allowed to wander in the forest, and no swine or cattle 

 were allowed to feed within the precincts, so that the 

 deer should be absolutely undisturbed during three or 

 four weeks after the fawning season. He tells us that 

 because in this month there must be watch and ward 

 kept with men and weapons for the fence and defence of 

 wild beasts, for that reason the same is called fence or 

 defence month (Man., p. 76, ed. 1598). 



FEWTE, fuite, fute (M. E.), O. Fr. fuite {voie de 

 cerf qui fuit), track, trace, foot. Gawaine : feute. Will 

 of Palerne (90) : foute. Some beasts were called of the 

 sweet fute, and some of the stinking fute. The lists of 

 the beasts which should come under either heading vary 

 somewhat ; some that are placed by the " Boke of St. 

 Albans" under " Swete fewte " coming under the other 

 category in the MS. Harl., 2340. 



