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The H«cj^herds more than the Hart^ and lieth in the 

 driefl: places: but if he be at large, unconfined within 

 the limitary Precinds of a Park, he will herd but lit- 

 tle from May to Augt^^ becaufe the flies trouble him. 

 He takes great delight in hilly places \ but the Dales are 

 hisjoy tofeedin, 



Buch^ have feldom or never any other Relays than the 

 old Hounds. 



The greateft fubtlety a Huntfman need ufe in the 

 Hunting of the Buck-, is to beware of Hunting Coun- 

 ter or Change, becaufe of the plenty of Fallow-'Deer^ 

 which ufe tocom'e more diredtly upon the Hounds than 

 the Red'Veer doth. Now upon the breaking up of a 

 Buck^ the Hounds Reward is the fame with that of the 

 Hart. 



Bs>t' Hunting. 



THc R(je-B«c^is called by the Greeks and Latines by 

 one name , viz» Dotcju. Thele beads are very 

 plentiful in Africa^ Germany^ and Helvetian Alps. 



Their fwiftnefs doth not onely appear upon the 

 EartJ-i, but alfo in the Waters, cutting them when they 

 fwim as with Oarsj and therefore they love the Lakes 

 and ftrong Streams, b^reaking the Floods to come at 

 fre(h Pafture, feeding deliciouAy on fweet Rufhes, and 

 Bull - ruQ^es. Horns onely grow upon the Male, and 

 are fet with fix or feven Ranches, not palmed, but 

 bxanchy, yet (bortei^ than Folloai D^er : They diffex 

 not much from common Vef^r^ but in their Horn : and 

 whereas the Horns of other Bealts are hollow towards 

 the root, whercinto entcreth a certain long fiblbnce % 

 the Horns of thcfc, as alfo of the vu%ir B^-/;^and Elk-, 



