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ALL ABOUT DOGS 



nor longe, in one place, but, if she be befrayde, or finde 

 any faulte (as they are verie perfectlye of smellinge, 

 and hearinge,) they wyll forsake theyr couche, and 

 shifte a myle, or two, up, or doune, a Ryver. The lyke, 

 wyll she do, if she have once destroyed the store of 

 Fishe, and finde no plentie of feedinge. From a Ponde- 

 Garden, or goode store of Fish-Pondes, she wyl not, 

 lytely, be removed, as long as there is store of fishe in 

 them; for therein, fishes are takene, with more ease, 

 than in the Ryveres, or greatere wateres, but, inough 

 of theyr natures. When, a Huntsman, woulde hunt 

 the Otter, he shoulde, first, sende foure Servantes, or 

 Varlets, with Bloodehoundes, or suche Houndes as wyl 

 drawe in the game, and lette hym sende them, two up 

 the Ryver, and two doune the Ryver, the one couple of 

 them, on that one syde, and the other on that other syde 

 of the water. And so, you shalle be sure to finde, if 

 there be an Otter in the quarter, for, an Otter, cannot 

 longe abide in the water, but muste come forthe, in the 

 nyghte, to feede on grasse, and herbes, by the waters 

 syde. If, any of theyr Houndes, finde of an Otter, lette 

 the Huntsman looke, in the softe groundes, and moyst 

 places, to see, which way he bente the heade, up, or 

 doune, the Ryver. And, if he finde not the Otter, 

 quicklye, he may then judge, that he is gonne to couche, 

 somewhere, further offe from the water ; for an Otter, 

 wyl, sometymes, seeke hys feede, a myle, or lyttle lesse, 

 from hys couche, and place of reste. Commonlye, he 

 will rather go up the Ryver, than doune, for, goyng up 

 the Streame, the Streame bryngeth him sente of the 

 Fishes, that are above hym, and bearynge hys nose into 



