40 SDf Dofi:0. 



muft be dipt in due feafon : for by leflening that fu- 

 perfluity of Hair, they become more li^ht and fwifr, 

 and are lefs hindred in fwimnning. Bui:!^ and Drakes 

 are his principal Game i whereupon he is likewile 

 named a Dog for a Dwc^, becaufe in that quality he is, 

 excellent. 



0/ //;<? W H I T E -H O U N D. 



THofe Hounds which are all of one colour, as all 

 white, arc the beft Hounds ; in like manner thofe 

 which are fpotted with red : but thofe which are fpot- 

 ted with a dun colour, are of little value, being faint- 

 hearted, and cannot endure much labour. But ftiould 

 they happen to be whelpt coal-black, which is but fel- 

 dom, they commonly prove incomparable Hounds. But 

 if white Hounds are fpotted with black, experience tells 

 us, they are never the beft H^re-hunters. White, and 

 black and white, and grey ftreak'd white, are alfo the 

 moft beautiful. 



0/Fallo w-Hounds. 



THey are hardy , and of good fcent , keeping well 

 their Chafe without change » but not fo fwift 

 as the white. They are of a ftrong conftitution, and 

 do not fear the Water •■, running furely, and are very 

 hardy, commonly loving the Hart beyond any other 

 Chafe. 

 The beft covnplexion for thcfe Fallow- Hounds, is the 



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