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neceflfary to be hunted as any Virmin can be : For the 

 queftion may be doubtful, whether either Fox or Bad- 

 ger do more hurt than the wWd-Cat doth, lince there 

 are fo many Warrens every where throughout the 

 Kingdom of England which are very much infefled by 

 the wild-C^f. 



It is the opinion of long - experienced Huntfmen, 

 that (he leaveth as great fcent, and maketh as good a 

 cry for the time as any Vermin that is Hunted, efpc- 

 cially the Martern paffeth all other Vermin for fweet- 

 nefs of fcent, and her Cafe is a noble Fur. The wild- 

 cat's Cafe is not fo good, but it is very warm, and me- 

 dicinable for feveral Aches and Pains in the bones and 

 joynts : alfo her Greafe is very good for Sinews that 

 are fhrunk. 



Thefe two Chafes are not to be fought purpcfely, un- 

 lefs the Huntfman do fee them where they prey, and can 

 go readily to them i but if a Hound chance to crofs them, 

 he will hunt it as foon as any Chafe, and they make a 

 noble cry as long as they ftand up > when they can do it 

 no longer, they will take a tree, and fo deceive the 

 Hounds i but if the Hounds hold in to them, and will 

 not give it over fo, then they will leap from one tree to 

 another, and make great (hift for their lives, with much 

 paftime to the Huntfmen. 



When they are killed you muft hold them up upon a 

 piked rtaff, and hallow in all your Hounds, and then 

 reward them with fome meat v for the fleOi of thefe Ver- 

 min is naught for Hounds. 



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