The hoohe of Hunting i^^i 



they harken earneftly and will heare a man very farre off, efpe- 

 cially when they be vnder the winde, but if they be vp the winde, 

 heare not greatly. They lyue and feede vpon all kinde of Come 

 and Frutes, as Apples, Peares, Plummes, Akehornes, Cheft- 

 nuttes, Beechmafte, and fuche lyke, and of all fortes of rootes al- 

 fo, unleffe it be Rapes and Nauie rootes. Alfo in Apryll and 

 May they feede on the buddes of Plumtrees, and Cheftnut trees, 

 and all other fweete buddes that they can finde, efpecially vpon 

 the buddes of broome and luniper, they will feede on no carion 

 vnlelle it be of a deade Horfe : they neuer become fowle or me- 

 fled (as wee terme it) lyke vnto our tame Swyne. When they 

 are in the marifhes, they feede and lyue vppon water CrefTeys, 

 wilde Garlyke, and fuche hearbes as they can finde. Beyng 

 neare to the Sea coafte, they will feede vppon all kinde of llicl- 

 fifhes, as Cockles, Mufkles, Oyftcrs, and fuche lyke. Their fea- 

 fon beginneth in the middeft of September, and endeth aboute 

 the beginnyng of December when they go to the Rutte : com- 

 monly a Bore wyll abyde the baye before he go out of his 

 denne, and they lie mofte commonly in the ftrongeft holdes 

 of Thornes, and thicke Bufhes : and when they are hunted 

 they fticke alfo in the ftrongeft couertes, and will feldome leaue 

 them vntill it be darke night. And if it chaunce that there be a 

 Sownder of them together, then if any one breake Sownder, 

 the refte will followe the fame way. The Bore dothe fooner 

 forfake the hollow Forreftes to feeke ftrong couerts, than the 

 Harte dothe : therevpon it hath bene fpoken in Prouerbe, that 

 a Bore is but a geft : and if a Bore be in a thicke or Itrong 

 couert, beyng come thyther from a hollow woode or Forreft, 

 then if you hunte him, he will not fayle to go backe by the 

 fame way that he came thethcr : and when focuer they are once 

 reared, they flee continually and neuer ftay vntill they come to the 

 place where they were farrowed and brought vp, for there they 

 thinke themfelues in fafegarde. This haue 1 scene by experience by ' 

 a Bore, whiche hath come from his accuftomed denne to feeke 

 feede, and beyng hunted he went immediately and diredtly backe 

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