4<5 £Df Coutfiitff tiJitfj ^m^omm* 



Laftly, enter not your Hounds nor (each them' in the 

 Mornuig i for if fo, you will hnd them apt to give o- 

 ver in the heat of the day. 



0/ COURSING wkb Grey-Hounds. 



Need not deckre the Excellencies which are con- 

 tained in the noble and worthy Exercife of Gour- 

 iing with Greyhounds^ fince it is fo well known to 

 all Gentlemen who fake delight in this pleafant and 

 healthy Paftime : I (hall therefore onely infift upon 

 the breed of Grey - hounds^ their Shape, their Diet, 

 and the Laws belonging to the fame , according as 

 they were commanded, allowed, and fubfcribed by 

 the Duke of Norfolk^^ in the Reign of Queen Eliza- 

 beth. 



Firrt, for the Breeding of Grty-Bomds^ in this yoi 

 muft have refped to the Country, which Qiould b6< 

 Champain, Plain, or high Downs. The befl: Valley: 

 are thofe of Belvoir^ JFhitehorfe, and Evejpjolm, or an^ 

 other where there are no Coverts, fo that a Hare mx 

 ftand forth and endure a Courfe of two or three miles 

 as for high Downs or Heaths, the belt are about Marl 

 horoHghy Sal'vfhury^ Cirencejier^ and Lincoln. 



Though thefe places are very commodious for th 

 breeding and training up of Grey-Hounds ■-, yet, in m^i 

 opinion, the middle, or moft part arable grounds ar 

 the beft: and yet thofe Gentlemen who dwell oi 

 Downs or plain grounds, to keep up the reputatioi 

 of their own Dogs, affirm, that they are more ninfi 

 ble and cunning in turning than the Vale-Dogs are 

 and Mr. Markloam confeffeth that he hath feen 

 Vale-Dog fo much deceived, that upon a turn he hat , 



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