1^4 '^^^ hooke of Hunting 



place where he hunteth, he mufte make his compafles greate or 

 little, long or fhorte, to helpe the defaults, alwayes feeking the 

 moyfteft and mofte commodious places for the houndes to fente 

 in. There are twoo manner of huntings at the Hare, for fome 

 follow and neuer hoUowe before an Hare, nor after hyr, nor ne- 

 uer helpe houndes at defaulte : and me thinkes that this is a no- 

 ble kynde of huntyng, and doth befte fliewe and proue thegoodnefTe 

 of the houndes : other againe do marke which way an Hare ben- 

 deth at the firfb, and coaft before hir to meete hyr, and there hallow 

 amayne, and helpe the houndes also at defaults afmuche as they 

 can. When hounds are hunted with in this forte, they become fo 

 light of beliefe that many tymes they leaue the right tracke to 

 go in to the hallowe, and by that meanes the Hares can ftande 

 vp but a whyle before them. And furely he that woulde hunte 

 to kill many Hares, flioulde do befte to hunte this kynde of 

 way : but to trie the good hunting of houndes, 1 do more prayfe 

 that other way, whiche hunteth onely vpon the foote and fente : 

 but this latter way is fpeedie, and befte counteruayleth the sub- 

 tilties of an Hare. I coulde haue ftoode longer in defcrybing 

 the meanes howe to breathe and enter haryers. But bycaufe I 

 haue both fpoken fufficiently in the hunting of an Harte, and al- 

 fo in thefe chapters before, whiche treat e of the pollicies and fub- 

 tilties that Hares vfe, whereby a huntefman may finde precepts 

 fufficient to gouerne himfelfe, therefore I will nowe fay no 

 more of that poynt. 



Howe you fhall rewarde your houndes when they 

 haue killed an Hare, which the Frenchman 

 calleth the reward, and fometimes the 

 quarey, but our old Triftram cal- 

 leth it the hallow. Chap. 6z 



WHen your houndes haue killed the Hare, let the varlet of 

 your kennell, cut downe fome pretie bending wandes of 

 an Hafell or fome fuch tree, and then let him take the Hare and lay 

 hir in fome fayre place vpon the grafle : then let the huntefman 



alight 



