how io ktiow an old Hart by the Slot, Entries, Ahatuns 

 and Foils, Fervtnets, Gate and iValk^, Fraying' , 

 Stocky, Head and Branches^ 



I (hall proceed in order, and firft of the Slot* You 

 muft carefully look on the Tread ings of the Hart\ 

 Foot : If you find the Treadings of two, the one long, 

 the other round, yet both of one bignefs i yet (hall the 

 long Slot declare the Hart to be much larger than the 

 round. 



Moreover, the old Hart's hind-foot doth never over- 

 reach the fore-foot \ the young one's doth. 



But above all, take this Obtervatlon : When you are 

 in the Wood, and have found the Slot of a Hart^ mark 

 what manner of Footing it is, whether worn, or (harp v 

 and accordingly obferve the Country , and thereby 

 judge whether either may be occafioned thereby. For 

 Harts bred in mountainous and ftony Countries, have 

 their Toes and fides of their Feet worn, by reafon o^ 

 their continual climbing and refting themfelves there-^ 

 on, and not on the Heel : whereas in other places they 

 ftay themfelves more on the Heel than Toes : For in, 

 foft or fandy ground they (lip upon the Heel, by reafon 

 of their weight j and thus by frequent ftaying them- 

 felves thereon, it makes the Heel grow broader and grea- 

 ter, And thus you may know the age of a Hirt by his 

 Slot or Treading. 



The next thing to be confidered, is the Fewmifhing i 

 :^nd thi^ is to be }udgcd of in A^ril or May, If the 

 Fewmets be great, large, and thick, they fignifie ihtHart 

 to Se old. 



In the midft of Jmie and July-, they make their 

 Fewmets or Fewmifhing in great Croteys, very foft » 

 and from that time to the end of Augull, they make 

 them ^rca,t5 long, knotty, anointed and gilded, let- 

 s' 3, tipic 



