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thougli hunger will force him to prey by day. They 

 are more fubtile and crafty ( if more can be) than the 

 Fox or any other beaft : When they are hunted, they 

 will take all their advantages i at other times they will 

 never run over-haftily, but keep themfelves in breath 

 and force always. 



A TFolf will itand up a whole day before a good 

 Kennel of Hounds, unlefs that Grey-hounds or Wolf- 

 dog^ courfe him. If he ftand at bay, have a care of be- 

 ing bitten by him •, for being then mad, the wound is 

 defperate, and hard to be cured. 



When a JFolf falls into a flock of Sheep, with his 

 good will he would kill them all before he feed upon 

 any of them, and therefore all means Qiould be ufed 

 to deftroy them, as by hunting at force, or with Grey- 

 hounds or MaOiffs, or caught in Gins and Snares i 

 but they had need be ftrong. For encouragement to 

 the meaner fort in Ireland^ whofoever took a fucking- 

 Whelp, or preying Cub, a Dog or a Bitch Wolf, and 

 brought but the heads of either to the next JulUce of 

 Peace, for reward for the firft, h^ received twenty 

 Ihillings i for the fecond , forty i for the third , five 

 pound i and for the laft, fix pounds : which late en- 

 couragement hath in a manner cleared that Kindom of 

 them. 



They bark and howl like unto Dogs •■> and if there bci 

 but two of them together, they make fuch a terriblei 

 hideous noife, that you would think there could be not 

 lefs than twenty of them in a body. 



When any one would hunt the T^olf, he mufi: train 

 him by thefe means : Fir(\ let him look out fome fair 

 place, a mile or more from the great woods, where > 

 there is fome dofe Itanding to place a brace of goodt 

 Grey - hounds . in , if need be, the which (hould bei 

 clofely environed, and fome pond of water by it: 

 there he mull: kill a Horfe that is worth Utile , andi 



take!' 



