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Lastly, The older the hart is, the sooner he 

 goeth to fray, and the greater the tree is he 

 seeketh to fray upon, and such as he cannot 

 bend with his head, and mark the height 

 where the end of his crotches, or palm, hath 

 reached, and thereby know the height of the 

 hart's head ; and if you perceive at the high- 

 est of his fraying there are left four marks 

 altogether, of one height, you may then con- 

 clude him to be a hart which beareth a 

 crowned top, croched at the least In like 

 manner, if you see three antlers which touch- 

 ed three branches of equal height, and two 

 others that have left their marks somewhat 

 lower, you may then judge he beareth a 

 palmed head. 



to seek a hart in his haunts, or feeding 

 places, according to the season of the year. 



All harts change their manner of feeding 

 every month, -and therefore I shall treat or- 

 derly of every one through the year, beginning 

 with the month which is the conclusion of 



