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about him : and if he find where the Hart is gone in<^ 

 to fome likely Govert or Grove, then muft he draw hij 

 Hounds about it, and beat crofs through it. And if 

 there he renews his Slot or View, let him firft coniider 

 whether it be the right or not : if it be the right, let 

 him blow his Horn. Now if be find five or fix Layrs, 

 let it not feem ftrange i for Harti hunted and fpcnt, do 

 frequently make many Layrs together, becaufe they 

 cannot ftand, but lie and feed. 



Harts which are hunted, moft commonly run up the 

 "Wind, and ftraight forwards as far as they are able, and 

 finding any Water or Soil, do ftay a long time therein i 

 by which means their Joynts are fo bcnummed and 

 ftiffned, that coming out they cannot go far, nor ftand 

 up long •, and therefore are compelled to take any Har- 

 bour they can finde, which may be a prefcnt Covert to 

 ^em. 



Hon> to find a Hart in high Woods. 



In the fecking of a Hart in high Woods, regard mufl'^ 

 be had to two things •, that is, the Thickets of the Fo- 

 reft, and the Seafon. 



If it be in very hot weather, Gnats, Horfe-flies, and 

 fuch-like, drive the T>egr out of the high Wood, and 

 they difperfe themfelvcs into fmall Groves and Thic- 

 kets near places of good feeding. According to thej 

 Coverts which are in the Forelt, fo accordingly the 

 Huntfman muft make his enquiry. For fometimes th« 

 Harts lie in the Tufts of White-thorn i fometimes un^ 

 der little Trees i other whiles under great Trees in th^ 

 high Woods j and fometimes in the Skirts of the 

 Forcft under the (helter of little Groves and Copfesj 

 And therefore the Huntfman muft make his Ring-wallj 

 great or fmall, according to the largcnefs of thofe Har- 

 bours or Coverts. 



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