glidings, and hitting his Dew-claws upon the ground, 

 following the beaten Paths without Doublings j and 

 fometimes going all along by a Ditch-fide, feeking fome 

 Gap, having not Ihength to leap it otherways : yet it 

 hath been often feen, that Dead-run Vtit have taken 

 very great leaps. 



Thus murt a Huntfman govern himfelf according to 

 the fubtlety and Craft of the D^er, obferving their 

 Doublings and Grollings, and the places where they are 

 rnadei making his Rings little or great, according to 

 the nature of the place, time, and feafon : For Hounds 

 are fubjed to (hoot where Herbs and Flowers have their 

 inoil lively fcent and odoriferous fmell. Neither muft 

 you be unmindful of the perfedion and imperfedion of 

 your Hounds. Thus doing, it will be very hard luck it 

 you loofe a Hirt by dcfaulr. 



Hovff to ki^ a Hart at Bay* 



It is very dangerous to go in to a Hsrt at Bay, and 

 efpecially at Rutting - time \ for then they are moll 

 hcrce. 



1 here are two forts of Bays > one on the Land, the 

 other on tbe Water. If now the Hart be in a deep Wa- 

 ter, where you cannot well come to him, then couple up 

 your Dogs •, for (bould they long continue in the Water, 

 it would endanger furbating or foundering. Get then 

 a Boat, or fwim to him with a Dagger i or elfe with a 

 R.ope that hath a Noofe, and throw u over his Horns : 

 for if the Water be fo deep that the Hart fwims, there 

 is no danger in approaching him > otherwife you inuli 

 have a care. 



As to the Land-bay, it the Hart be burnidied, then 

 muli you confider the place ; For if it be in a plain 

 and open place, where there is no Wood nor G^verf, 

 it is dangerous aiid hard to come in to him > but if 



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