IS^^ The hooke of Hunting 



clofe and rowteth not, then fliall you fay he grafeth : thefe termes 

 you maye vfe in making report of a Bore. 



The iudgement whereby you may know a great 

 Bore, and firft by the foote. Chap. 5-2 



COmmonly a man maye knowe an olde Bore or a great 

 fwyne, by the foote where he hath gone, whereof the print or 

 forme ought to be great and large, the toes rounde and thicke, 

 the edge of his hoofe worne and blunt, without cutting or paring 

 the grounde, fo much as a younger fwyne doth : the heele great, 

 the gardes (which are his hinder clawes or dewclawes) fhould 

 be great and open one from another, vpon the which he beareth 

 and ftayeth Mm all the waye when he goeth vpon harde 

 ground : his footing behynde fhould be troden fidewardes, and 

 more outwardes than his forefeete, to fliewe the thicknesse be- 

 tweene his thyghes. The pleytes or wrincles which are be- 

 tweene his heele and dewclawes, fliould leaue print or forme on 

 the ground, fhewing the ftifnefle and thickneflfe of his haire : his 

 fteppes great and long, the treading of his foote fhould be deepe 

 and great, to fhewe the weightinefTe of his body. 



The iudgement by his rowtings. Chap. 5-3 



WHen a Bore rowteth in a hedge, for a roote (which fome 

 cal the Parke) then may you perceiue the greatnefTe and 

 length of his head, by the depthe and largenefle of his rowting. 

 So may you alfo knowe in foft places where he wormeth, or in 

 fuch other places. 



The iudgement by the foyle. Chap. 5-4 



WHen he foyleth and walloweth him in the my re, then is 

 it eafie to know his gretnefre,by the length and largenefTe 

 of the foyle. Or g.Kc at his departure from the foyl, you may per- 

 ceiue it where he hath gone into fome thicke, by the leaues and 

 braunches which he fhall touch : for he goeth out of the foyle all 



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