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mand ; which much adds to the length of the sport 

 and pleasure of the hunters, so that a course oft- 

 times lasts five or six hours. 



" Opposite to the deep-mouthed or southern 

 hound are the long and slender hounds called the 

 fleet or northern hound, which are very swift, as 

 not being of so heavy a body, nor hath such large 

 ears : these will exercise your horses, and try their 

 strength ; they are proper for open, level, and 

 champain countreys, where they may run in view 

 and full speed ; for they hunt more by the eye than 

 the nose, and will run down the game in an hour, 

 and sometimes in less — that is, a hare — but the 

 fox will exercise them better and longer. 



" Between these two extremes, there are a middle 

 sort of dogs, which partake of both their qualities, 

 as to strength and swiftness, in a reasonable pro- 

 portion ; they are generally bred by crossing the 

 strains, and are excellent in such countreys as are 

 mixt, viz., some mountains, some enclosures, some 

 plains, and some wood-lands ; for they will run 

 through thick and thin ; neither need you help 

 them over hedges, as you are often forced to do by 

 others. 



'' A true right-shaped deep-mouthed hound 

 should have a round thick head, wide nostrils, 

 open and rising upwards, his ears large and thin, 

 hanging lower than his chaps ; the flews of his 

 upper lips should be longer than those of his nether 

 chaps ; the chine of his back great and thick, 

 straight and strong, and rather bending out than 

 inclinins: in ; his thighs well trussed ; his haunches 



