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CHAP. IX. 



Of the Qrderingtbe Hunter-, for a Match 

 Or a rlate* 



W 



Hen you have either Matcht your Horfe, or en- 

 tertained thoughts of putting him in for a 

 P/^^^,"you muft confider that you ought to refervea 

 Month at the lealt, to draw his Body perfedtly cleariy 

 and to refine his Wind' to that degree of ferfe^ion 

 which Art is capable of attaining to. ^^i 



Firft then you mult take an exac't view of the Stau 

 of his Body j both outwardly 7{nd inwardly , as whe- 

 ther he be low or high in Flef^j^ ox whether he be 

 dull and Heavy when aibroad , and this occafioned 

 through too much hard riding , or through fome 

 Greaje that by hunting has been dijfohed^ but for 

 want of a fcowrin^ has not been removed. 



If he appear yZ«^^ ?■/?) and Melancholy from either 

 of thefe caufes, than give him half an Ounce of Dia- 

 pente in :{ pint of ^ood old Adalhgo Sack.-, which will 

 both cleanfe his 'ody^ and, revive his Spirits: and 

 then for the firft week you (hall feedhm continually 

 with Bread^ Oats -^nd fpUt Bra?js , giving him fome- 

 timesthe o^^and fometimcs the other, according a*?'- 

 he J\kes , always leaving Tome in his Locker to eac 

 at his own leifure when you are abfent ; and when 

 you return at your Hours of Feeding to take away 

 V hat is left, and to give him /rf//, tili you have macie 

 hwnwanton^Lndflayfidl. To which tnd yon fliali ob- 

 ierve that though you ride him q\'^x^ d-:-.\j mcrning 



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