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young ones do ; but above all take this ob- 

 servation, when you are in the wood, and 

 have found the slot of a hart, mark what 

 manner of footing it is, whether worn or 

 sharp ; and accordingly observe the country, 

 and thereby judge how either may be occa- 

 sioned ; as harts bred in mountainous and 

 stony countries have their toes and sides of 

 their feet worn, by reason of their continual 

 climbing and resting themselves thereon, 

 and not on the heel ; whereas in the other 

 places they stay themselves more on the 

 heel than toes; for in soft, or sandy ground, 

 they slip upon the heel by reason of the 

 weight, and by frequent staying themselves 

 thereon it makes the heel grow broader 

 and greater ; and thus you may know the 

 age of a hart by his slot, or treading. The 

 next thing to be considered is the fewrnishing, 

 and this is to be judged of in April or May, 

 If the fewmets be great, large, and thick, 

 they signify the hart to be ten ; in the mid- 

 dle of June and July they make their few- 

 mets, or fewmishing, in great crotusses, very 



