112 HARE-HUNTING 



priate language. The hare was a beast of 

 " venery," and her meat " venison " ; whilst, 

 for dislodging a hart, you used the word 

 "unharbour," for a buck "rouse"; you 

 "start" a hare, "rear" the boar, and "un- 

 kennel " the fox. When once the hare is 

 on foot, if she takes the open field, she 

 "soreth"; when she winds about, she 

 "doubleth"; she " pricketh " on the road, 

 and you "trace" her in the snow. Hounds 

 "hunt change," "hunt counter," "draw 

 amiss," "hunt the foil"; when first they 

 find, they "challenge." If they are assisted 

 by a relay of hounds, it is called a " vaunt- 

 lay " ; if the hare tries a place and gives it 

 up, it is called a " blemish." When hounds 

 kill, and the hare or any part is given to 

 them, it is the " reward." The hare was 



