S)f s^m^umtm. 



The time of Harts Memng, cr Cajiin^ 

 the Head, 



The old i^art cafteth his Head fooner than the 

 young : and the time is about the months of February 

 and March • 



Here note, that if you geld an Hart before he hath 

 an Head, he will never bear any ■, and if you geld 

 him when he hath it, he will never aftet Mew or cad 

 it : and fo, if you geld him when he hath a Velvet- 

 head, it will ever be fo, without fraying or burniih- 

 ing. 



Having caft their Heads, they inftantly withdraw 

 unto the Thickets, hiding themfelves in fuch convenient 

 places where they may have good Water, and ftrong 

 Feeding, near fome ground where Wheat or Peafe is 

 fown : But young Harts do never betake themfelves ro 

 the Thickets till they have born their third Head, which 

 is in the fourth year. 



After they have Mewed, they will begin to Button in 

 March and April s and as the Sun grows ftrong, and the 

 feafon of the year puts forward the Crop of the Earth, fo 

 will their Heads increafe in all refpeds : fo that in the 

 mid ft of Jufie their Heads will be fummed as much as 

 ihey will bear all the year. 



Of the Coats and Colour of ^artSi 



The Coats of Harts are of three fundry forts, Broa>nj 

 Ked^ and faUorv i and of every of thefe Coats there 

 proceeds two forts of Harts, the one are great, the o* 

 ther little. 



Of brown Harts^ there are fome great, long, and 



hairy, bearing a high Head, red of colour, and well 



F 2 beam'^d. 



