6t ®f 5)att'Junttng* 



ting them fall but few and fcattered. In Septemher and 



OB§ber there is no longer judging, by reafon of the 



Ruf. 



Thirdly, If you would know the height and thick- 



ncfs of the Hart^ obferve his Entries and Galleries into 



the Thickets, and what Boughs he hath over-ftridden, 



and markfrona thence the height of his Belly from the 



ground. 



By the height of the Entries, we judge the age of a 



Hart : for a young T>ecr is fuch as creeps ufually > but 



the old is ftiff and Itately. 



His greatnefs is known by the height of his creeping 



as he palfes to his Harbour i the young Veer creeping 



low, which the old will not ftoop to. 



Fourthly, Take notice of his G^te, by which you 



may know whether the Hart be great and long, and 



whether he will ftand long before the Hounds or nor. 



For all Harts which have a long ftep will ftand up ve- 

 ry long, being fwift, light, and well breath'd i but if he 

 leave a great Slot, which is the figne of an old Peer, he 

 will never ftand long when he is chafed. 



Laftly, Take notice of his Fraying-poft : Where 

 note, the elder the Hart is, the fooner he goeth to Fray, 

 and the greater is the Tree' he feeketh to F'ray uponi and 

 (uch as he cannot bend with his Head. 



All Stags as they are burniftiM, beat their Heads dry 

 againft fome Tree or other, which is called their Fray- 

 ing-poft : The younger Deer againft weaker and leffer 

 Trees, and lower i the elder againft bigger and ftronger, 

 and Fray higher 5 fo that accordingly we confidently 

 judge of their age, and of the nearnefs of their Harbour i 

 for that is the laft Ceremony they ufe before they envcr 

 it. 



As to the Head and Branches, the Hart is old , Firft, 

 when the compafs of the Bur is large, great, and well 

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