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beamM, who will fiand before Hounds very long, being 

 longer of breath, and fwifter of foot than thofe oi a 

 (horter ftature. 



There are another fort of brown Harts ^ which are 

 little, ftiort, and well-fet , bearing commonly a black 

 Main, and are fatter and better Venifon than the for- 

 mer, by reafon of their better feeding in young Cop- 

 fes. 



They are very crafty, efpecially when in greafe \ and 

 will be hardly found, becaufe they know they are then 

 moft enquired after : befides, they are very fenfible they 

 cannot then (land long before the Hounds. If they be 

 old, and feed in good ground, then are their Heads black, 

 lair, and well branched, and commonly palmed at the 

 top. 



The FalIow-H(«r// bear their Heads high, and of a 

 whiti(h colour, their Beams fmall, their Anthers long, 

 flender, and ill-grown, having neither Heart, Courage, 

 nor Force. But thofe which are of a lively Red-fal- 

 low, having a black or brown Lift down the Ridge of 

 the Back, are rtrong, bearing fair and high Heads, well 

 furnifhed and beam'd. 



Of the. Heads and Branches of Hearts, and their diverftties. 



As there are feveral forts of Harts^ fo have they 

 their Heads in a divers fort and manner, according to 

 their Age, Country, Reft, and Feeding. Here note, 

 that they bear not their Hrft Head, which we call Bro- 

 ches, and in a Fallow- Peer Pricks, until they enter the 

 fecond year of their Age. In the third year they bear 

 four,rix,or eight fmall Branches : At the fourth,they bear 

 eight or ten : at the fifth, ten or twelve : at fix, four- 

 teen or fixteen : and at the feventh year they bear their 

 Heads Beam'd, Branched, and Summed with as much as 

 ever they will bear, and do never multiply but in great- 

 nefs oncly. Hotft 



