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and fleight, and fpoyleth not outwards like the male. Alfo com- 

 monly the female hath not fo great an heele as the male, and 

 hath hir clawes longer and fharper before, and openyng wyder 

 than the male. Alfo the foales of hir hinder feete, are lefler and 

 ftraighter than the males be. 



Howe to hunt the Bore with houndes 

 at force. Chap. S7 



YOu fhall not by your wil hunt a yong Bore of three yeares 

 at force. For he will ftand vp as long or longer than a light 

 yong Deare, which beareth but three in the toppe. But when he 

 is in his fourth yeare, then maye you hunt him at force, euen as 

 well as an Hart of tenne : and yet he will ftande vp rather longer. 

 Wherfore if a huntfman do goe to reare a Bore of foure yeares 

 olde, he fhall do well to marke well whether he went timely to 

 his den or not. For commonly thefe Bores which tarie till it be 

 day light before they go into their couches or dennes, following 

 their pathes or ways long time, efpecially where they find feme 

 or bcchemafl, whervpon they feede, are great murtherers of dogs, 

 and verie hardy. The huntfman fhall not neede to be afrayde to 

 come ouer neare vnto fuch a Bore for rearing of him, for he will 

 not likely be reared for him. But if he find of a Bore which foy- 

 leth oftentimes, and which routeth now here, and now there, neuer 

 flaying long vpon one place, then is it a token that he hath bene 

 fcarred, and withdraweth himfelf to fome refling place at al ad- 

 uentures. And fuch bores moil commonly come to their dens, 

 couches, or holds, two or three houres before day. Then let the 

 huntfman beware for comming ouer neare to them, for if they once 

 finde him in the winde, or haue the wynde of his hounde, they 

 will be gone, and he fhall hardely come neare them agayne, nor 

 finde them. If a Bore meane to tarie and abyde in his denne, 

 couche, or fort, then maketh he fome doubling, or crofling at the 

 entrie thereof vppon fome highe way or beaten pathe, and then 

 goeth into his holde, to lay him downe in his couche or denne : 

 and by fuch meanes a huntfman being earely in the woods, may 

 iudge the fubtletie or craft of the Bore, and according to that 



which 



