OF DEER. 



Having found the slot, or treading, and 

 the hound sticking well upon it, let him hold 

 him short, as he will better draw being so 

 held than if he were let the length of the 

 line, and thus let him draw till he is come 

 to the covert, if possible, taking notice by 

 the way of the slot, foils, entries, and the 

 like, till he hath harboured him : that done, 

 let him plash, or stick down small twigs, some 

 above and some below, as he shall think fit ; 

 and then, whilst the hound is hot, let him 

 beat the outsides and make his ring-walks 

 twice or thrice about the wood ; one while 

 by the great and open ways, that he may 

 help himself by the eye ; another while 

 through the thick and covert, lest his hound 

 should over shoot it, having still better scent 

 in the covert than highways. If he doubts 

 whether the hart is gone out of the ringr 

 walks, or fears he hath drawn amiss, then let 

 hirn go to the marks which he plashed, and 

 draw counter till he may take up the itw- 

 met. Let him mark the place where he has 

 fed, and the subtleties and crafts he has 

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