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the earth, so will their heads increase in all 

 respects ; therefore, in the middle of June, 

 their heads will be summed as much as they 

 will bear all the year. 



OF THE COAT AND COLOUR OF 

 HARTS. 



The coats of harts are of three sorts, 

 brown, red, and fallow. Of brown harts 

 there are some great, long, and hairy, bearing 

 a high head, red of colour, and well beamed, 

 who will stand before hounds very long, being 

 longer of breath and swifter of foot than 

 those of a shorter stature. There are ano- 

 ther sort of brown harts which are little, short, 

 and well set, bearing commonly a black 

 mane, and are fatter and better venison than 

 the former, by reason of their better feeding 

 in young copses. 



They are very crafty, especially when in 

 grease, and will be hardly found, because 

 they know they are most inquired after ; be- 



