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very ftrong in their paws, in fuch forf, that they will 

 fo hug a man or dog till they have broke his back, or 

 fqueez'd his guts out of his belly : with a fingle paw 

 they will pull a lufty dog to their tearing and devouring 

 mouth. They bite very feverely, for they will bite a 

 man's head to the very brains \ and for an arm or jeg, 

 they will craQi it as a dog may do a flender bone of mut- 

 ton. 



When they are hunted, they are fo heavy that they 

 make no fpeed, and fo are always in fight of the dogs : 

 Theyftand not at bay as a Boar, but fly wallowing^ 

 but if the hounds ftick in, they will fight valiantly in 

 their own defence*, fometimes they ftand up rtraight 

 on their hinder-feet, and then take that as a fign of tear 

 and cowardize » they fight llouteft and ftrongeft on all 

 tour. 



They have an excellent fcent, and fmell further off 

 than any other beaft except the Boar i for in a whole 

 forert they will fmell out a tree laden with mall. 



They may be hunted with hounds, martiffs, or grey- 

 hounds •, and they are chafed and kill'd with hows^Boar- 

 fpearSjdartSjand fwords i fo are they alfo taken in fnares, 

 caves, and pits, with other engines. 



They do naturally abide in great mountains ; but 

 when it fnoweth, or in hard weather, then they defcend 

 into valleys and foreiis for provilion. They call their 

 kffes fometimes in round croteys, and fometimes flat; 

 like a bullock, according to their feeding. 



They go fometimes a gallop, and at other times an 

 amble •, but they go molt ac cafe when they wal- 

 low. 



When they come from their feeding they beat com- 

 monly the high-ways and beaten paths : and wherefo- 

 ever they go out of the high-ways, there you may be 

 fure they are gone to their dens i for they ufe no doub- 

 lings nor fubtilties. 



They 



