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muft be t!e<3 up till they hunt, yet fo as they be let 

 loofe now and then a little to cafe their Bellies i for it 

 is nccefTiry that their Kennel be kept fweet and dry* 

 It is queftionable how to dilcern a Hound of excel- 

 lent fenfe : yet feme are of the Opinion that the fquarc 

 and flat Nofe is the belt figne thereof j likewife 

 a fmall Head, having all his Legs of equal length s his 

 Breall not deeper than his Belly, and his Back plain to 

 his Tail i his Eyes quick, his Ears hanging long i his 

 Tail nimble, and the beak of his Nofe always to the 

 Earth i and efpecially fuch as are molt filent, and bark 

 kaft» 



Contlder now the divers and variable difpofitions of 

 Hounds in their finding out the Beaft. Some are of 

 that nature, that when they have found the Game, 

 they will Itand Itill till the Huutfman come up, to 

 whom in lilence, by their Face, Eye, and Tail, they 

 fhcw the Game : others, when they have found the 

 foot-fteps ,^ go forward without any voice or other 

 (hew of Ear or Tail : Another fort when , when they 

 have found the footings of the Bealt, prick up their 

 Ears a little, and either bark or wag their Tails i 

 and others will wag their Tails , and not move their 

 Ears. 



There are fome again that do none of thefe , but 

 wander up and down barking about the furelt marks, 

 and confounding their own toot-lteps with the Beafts 

 they hunts orelfe forfakc the way , and fo run back 

 again to the hrlt hcadi but when they fee the Hare^ 

 are affraid, not daring to come near her, except (he Hart 

 firft. Thefe, with the other which hinder the cun~ 

 ning labours of their Collragues, trulling to their Feet, 

 and running before their betters, deface the belt mark, 

 or elfe hunt counter, and take up any falfe fcent for 

 the truth j or, which is more leprehenfible, never for- 

 fakc the High-ways, and yet have not learned to be 



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