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a Fox will lurk in fuch places, to prey on young Pigs 

 and Puliein. 



But it will be neceflary to flop up his Earths, if you 

 can find them, the night before you intend to hunt ■•, 

 and the beft time will be about midnight, for then the 

 Fox goeth Ola to feek his Prey. You may (top his 

 Holes by laying two white fticks a crofs before them; 

 which will make him imagine it is Come Gin or Trap 

 laid for him : or elfe you may flop them up clofe with 

 black-Thorns and Earth together. 



The beft hunting a Fox above-ground, is in January. 

 February., and March., for then you (hall beft fee youi 

 Hounds hunting, and beft find his Earthing ^ befides, ai 

 thofe times the Fox's Skin is beft in feafon. 



Again, the Hounds beft hunt the Fox in the coldell 

 weather, becaufc he leaveth a very ftrong fcent behind 

 him i yet in cold weather it chills fafteft. 



At firft onely caft off your fure Finders, and as the 

 Drag mends, fo adde more as you dare truft them. 



Shun cafting off too many Hounds at once, becaufc 

 Woods and Coverts are full of fundry Chafes, and fc 

 you may engage them in too many at one time. 



Let fuch as you caft off at firft be old Staunch- 

 Hounds, which are fure •, and if you hear fuch a Hound 

 call on merrily, you may cafl off feme other to him 

 and when they run it on the full cry, caft off the reft 

 and thus you (hall compleat your paftime. 



The words of comfort are the fame which are ufed 

 in the other chafes, attended with the fame Hallowing? 

 and other ceremonies. 



Let the Hounds kill the Fox themfelves, and worr^ 

 and hare him as much as they pleafe : many Hounds 

 will eat him with eagernefs. 



When he is dead, hang him at the end of a Pike-ftaff, 

 and hallow in all your Hounds to bay him : but reward 

 them not with any thing belonging to the Fox i for it is 

 not good, neither will they eat it. Oj 



