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A Bkch-Fox is hardly to be taken when flie is brag 

 ged and with Cub i for then (he will lie near her Bur 

 row, into which (he runs upon the hearing of the leal 

 noife. And indeed at any time it is fomewhat diffi 

 cult i for the Fox (and fo the Wolf J is a very fubtil 

 crafty creature. 



• Fox-hunting is very pleafant h for by reafon of hi 

 ftrong hot fcent he maketh an excellent Cry : And a 

 his fcent is hotteft at hand, fo it dies fooneft. Befides 

 he never flies far before the Hounds, truHing not on hi 

 Legs, Strength, or Champion ground , but dronod 

 Coverts. When he can no longer ftand up before *?h( 

 Hounds, he then takerh Earth, and then muft he be dia. 

 ged out. ^ 



If Grey, hounds courfe him on a Plain, his laft refupi 

 IS to pifs on his Tail, and flap it in their Faces as thev 

 come near him h fometimes fquirting his thicker Excre- 

 ment upon them, to make them give over the Courfe oi 

 purfuit. 



When a Bitch-F<?;c goes a dicketing and feeketh (o\ 

 a Dog, (he crycth with a hollow Voice, not unlike the 

 howlmg of a mad Dog-, and in the fame manner flie 

 cries when flie mifTeth any of her Cubs : but never 

 makes any cry at all when flie is killing, but defends 

 herfdfto the laft gafp. 



A Fox will prey upon any thing he can overcome, 

 and feeds upon all forts of Carrion i but their dainties, 

 and the food which they moft delight in, is Poultry. 

 Ihey are very dcflrudive and injurious to Cwfv- War- 

 rens, and Will fometimes kill Hares by deceit and fubtil- 

 ty, and not by f^vift running. 



The Fox is taken with Hounds, Grey-hounds Ter- 

 riers, Nets, and Gins. ' 



Of Terriers there are two fort?. The one is crooked- 

 leg d, and commonly (nort-hair'd : and thcCe will take 



Earth 



