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you may partly perceive it by the fpraints, and fo fol- 

 low the Hounds, and lodge him as a Hart or Veer, 

 If you find not the Otter quickly, you may then ima- 

 gine he is gone to couch fomewhcre farther off from 

 the River : for fometimes he will feek his food a mile 

 from the place of his red, chuliing rather to go up the 

 Hivcr than down, becaufe upwards he meets with bet- 

 ter fccnt of Fi(hi and bearing his nofe into the wind, 

 he thall the fooner finde any fault that is above 

 him. 



Remember, in the Hunting of the Otter, that you 

 and your friends carry your 0/?cr-fpears to watch his 

 Vents, for that is'thc chief advantage : and if you per- 

 ceive where the Otter (w'lms under water, then (hive to 

 get to a Hand before him where he would vent, and 

 there endeavour to ftrike him with yourfpearj but if 

 you mi(s, purfue him with the Hounds, which if they 

 be good Otter-hoimds^ and perfectly entrcd, will come 

 chaunting and trailing along by the River-fide, and will 

 beat every Tree-root, ever^ Ofier-bed and tuft of Bull- 

 rulhesi nay, fometimes they will take the Water, and 

 beat it like a Spaniel. And by thefe means the Otter can 

 hardly efcape you. 



Of the Squirrel. 



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THe firfl Author that ever wrote of this little Ani- 

 mal was Oppianus, who liv'd in the days q>{ Auto- 

 m:is C£jar., and wrote a Book alfo c.{ Hunting. 

 • A Squirrel is greater in couipafs than a IFcaJIe, but 

 the latter is lunger than the other s tiie back-parts and 

 all the body is rcddilh except the belly, which is 

 white. In Helvetia they are black and branded, and 

 " . • they 



