CHAPTER XXXII 



HOW A GOOD HUNTER SHALL GO IN QUEST 

 TO HEAR THE HARTS BELLOW 



Also a good hunter should go before daybreak to 

 hear the harts bellow which peradventure bellow 

 in the forest in divers parts, and to look by the 

 bellowing of the harts which seemeth to him the 

 greatest. And always hearkening nearer and nearer 

 under the wind, in such wise that when he will 

 begin to sue, that he need nothing but to bring 

 the lymer to the fues. And anon when he seeth 

 that it is a hart that he findeth, uncouple the 

 finders, but not too many, and this, for fear of 

 falling in danger (of losing the right deer), should 

 be done right early as soon as men can see day- 

 light, for in that time the harts chase the hinds, 

 and go hither and thither and abide no while in one 

 place as they do in the right season. And because 

 a man cannot come nigh him with a lymer, it is 

 good to uncouple the hounds, for the hounds will 

 get nigh them quicker and the bolder hounds will 

 soon dissever (separate) the harts from the hinds. 

 The harts bellow in divers manners, according as 

 they be old or young, and according whether they 



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