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nor ( if it be ufed with moderation ) hardens it to 

 inhumanity i but rather inclines nnen to good Ac- 

 quaintance , and gaierous Society. It is no fmall 

 advantage to be enured to bear Hunger, Thirft, and 

 VVearinefs from ones Childhood i to take up a time- 

 ly habit of quitting ones Bed early, and loving to 

 lit well and ("afe upon an Horfe. What innocent and 

 natural delights are they, when he feeth the day brea- 

 king forth thofe BluQies and Rofes which Poets and 

 Writers of Romances onely paint , but the Huntf- 

 man truely courts? When he heareth the chirping of 

 fmall birds pcarching upon their dewy Boughs ? when 

 he draws in the fragrancy and coolnefs of the Air ■? 

 How jolly is his Spirit, when he fuffers it to be impor- 

 ted with the noife of Bugle-Horns, and the baying 

 of Hounds , which leap up and play round about 

 him. 



Nothing doth more recreate the Minde, ftrengthen 

 the Limbs, whet the Stomach, and clear up the Spi- 

 rit, when it is heavy, dull, and over-caftwith gloomy 

 Cares : from whence it comes, that thefe delights have 

 merited to be in eltccm in all Ages, and even araongft 

 barbaroas Nations, by the Lords, Princes, and highclf 

 Potentates. 



Tlicn it is admirable to obferve the natural inftindt 

 of Enmity and Cunning, whereby one Beaft being 

 as it were confederate with man, by whom he is main- 

 tained, feives him in his dellgnes upon others. How 

 peiftdt is the Scent or Smell of an Hound, who ne- 

 ver leaves it, but follows it through innumerable chan- 

 ges; and varieties of other Scents, even over and in the 

 Water, and into the Earth ? Again, how foon will a 

 Howid Hx his Eye on the bell and fatted Bnck^ of the 

 Hcid, tingle him out, and follow Kim, and him one- 

 Jy, without changing, through a whole Herd of rafcal 

 Game, and leave him not till he kills him ? More- 

 over, 



