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The beft time for hunting with thefe Hounds is in Au- 

 tumn, becaufe then the former Odours are wcakned, and 

 the Earth barer than at other time. 



Thefe Hounds do not onely chafe their Game while 

 it ]ivc:th, but being dead alfo by any manner of ca- 

 fualry, make rccourfe to the place where it lieth, ha- 

 ving in this poijit an affured and infallible Guide, 

 namely, the Scent and Savour of the Blood fprinkled 

 here and there upon the ground : for whether the 

 Beaft being wounded doth notwithlhnding enjoy life, 

 and efcapeth the hands of the Hunifman i or whe- 

 ther the faid Beaft, being flain, is conveyed cleanly 

 out of the Park , ( fo that there be fome marks of 

 bloodfhed) thefe Dogs, withiro lefs facility and ealinefs, 

 than avidity and greedinefs, difclofe and bewray the 

 fame by Smelling , applying to their purfuit agility 

 and nimblencfs, without tedioufnefs j for which con- 

 lideration, of a fingular fpeciality theydeferved to be 

 called SangHinarii^ Blood - Hounds : And although a 

 piece of flefli be fubtilly ftolen, and cunningly con- 

 veyed away, with fuch provifo's and precaveats , as 

 thereby all appearances of Bloud is thereby prevented 

 or concealed , yet thefe kind of Dogs , by certain 

 direction of an inward alTured notice and private 

 mark, purfuc thefe defperate Def r - fiealers through 

 craggy Ways, and crooked Meanders, till they have 

 found them out : yea, fo cffedtual is their forelight, 

 that they can difcover, feparatc, and pick them out 

 from an inhnitc multitude •, creep they never fo far in- 

 to the thickcll throng, they will hnd them out notwith- 

 ftanding. 



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