^4 ©f 5)ai:e*6mititto:* 



^oing to the Vaut, Some Haref will go up one fide 

 of the Hedge, and come down the other, the thicknefs 

 of the Hedge being the onely diftance between the 

 courfes. 



I have feen a Hare^ that being forely hunted, got up- 

 on a Quick-kt-hedge, and ran a good way upcn the 

 top thereof, and then lept off upon the ground. And 

 they will frequently betake themfelves to Furz-buQies. 

 and will leap from one to the other , whereby thi 

 Hounds are frequently in default. Nay, which is more, 

 1 have heard ot a Hjre, that being hunted two hours or 

 more, at length, to fave her felf, got upon an old Wall 

 llx foot high from the ground, and hid her felf in the 

 hole that was made for a Scaffold : and that fcveral have 

 fwam over Trent and Severn. 



A Hare liveth not above feven years at mod, efpe- 

 cially the Buck i and if he and the Doe (liall keep one 

 quarter together, they will never fuffex any Ihange Hare 

 to fit by them h and therefore it is proverbially faid. The 

 moreyoit Imnt^ the more Uixcsyon /hall have i becaufe when 

 you have killed one Hare^ another will come and polTefs 

 his Form. 



An Hare hath greater Scent, and is more eagerly 

 hunted by the Hounds, when (he feeds and rdicveth 

 upon green Corn, than at any other time in the year : 

 and yet there are fome Hares which naturally give a 

 greater Scent than others i as the great Wood Hares > 

 and fuch as are foul and mealled, and keep near to the 

 Waters : But the little red Hare, which is not much 

 bigger than a Coney^ is neither of (o Ifrong a Scent, 

 nor fo eagerly hunted. Such as feed upon the fmall 

 branches of wild Time, or fuch-like Herbs, are com- 

 monly very fwift, and will (land long up before the 

 Hounds. In like manner you have fome Hares more 

 fiabtile and cunning than others. Young Hares which 

 have not been hunted are foollQi, and are neither of 



force 



