OF DEER. 



their thickets and go to rut, during which 

 season they have no certain place either for 

 food or harbour. 



In what manner the huntsman should draw 

 the springs to find the hart. 



Let him not come too early into the 

 springs, or haunts, where he thinks the hart 

 feeds, and is at his relief, as they usually go 

 to their lairs in the springs, and if they are 

 old crafty deer they will return to the bor- 

 der of the copse, and there listen whether 

 they can hear any approaching danger ; and 

 if they chance to scent the huntsmen, or the 

 hounds, they will instantly dislodge. 



Then is the huntsman's proper time to 

 beat the outsides of the springs, or thickets; 

 if he finds the track of a hart, or deer, | let 

 him observe whether it is new, which he may 

 know thus : the dew will be beaten of the 

 foil fresh, or the ground broken, or printed 

 with other tokens, so he may judge life game 

 lately went that way. 



