whether it be new j which he may know thus i the 

 Dew will be beaten off,, the Foil fre(h, or the ground 

 brbken or printed, with other tokens : fo he may judge 

 his Game lately went that way. 



Having found this Slot or Treading, and the Hound 

 flicking well upon if, let him hold hini (hort, for he- 

 fhall better draw being fo held, than if he were let at 

 length of the Lyam : and thus let him draw till he is 

 come to the Covert, ifpoffible, taking notice by the 

 way of the Slot, Foils, Entries, and the like, till he hath 

 harboured him. That done, let him plafh down fmall 

 Twigs, fome above, and fome below, as he (hall think 

 fit : and then, whilft the Hound is hot, let him beat the 

 outfides, and make his Ring-walks twice or thrice about 

 the Wood, one while by the great and open ways, that 

 he may help himfelf by the Eye ; another while through 

 the thick and Covert, for fear left his Hound fliould over- 

 flioot it, having ftill better Scent in the Coverts than 

 High- ways. , ■ ^^ V 



If he doubt the Hkn fs gone out of the Ring-walks, or 

 fears he hath drawn amifs i then let him go to the marks 

 which he plafhed, and draw counter, till he may take up 

 the Fewmet. 



th?. direBiomfor Harboumg a Stag are thefe : 



The Harbourer having taught his Hound to draw 

 mute always round the outfldc of the Covert, a's foon 

 as his Hound challenges, which he knows by his ea- 

 ger flourifhing, and Itraining his Lyam, he then is to 

 feek for his Slot : If he hndes the Heel thick, and 

 the Toe fpreading broad, it argues an old Veer, efpe- 

 cially if it is fringed, ( that is, broken on the fides. ) 

 However, if the ground be too hard to make any 

 judgment from the Slot, he is to draw into the Covert, 

 as he p^ffes obferving the fize of the Entries j the larger 



