316* OF DEER. 



made.; as thereby he shall know what the 

 hart will do before the hounds ; for if in the 

 morning he hath made any doubling towards 

 the water, or else in his way, then when he 

 begins to be spent, all the faults, doublings, 

 and subtleties that he will use, shall be in the 

 same place, and in the same manner, as 

 made in the morning ; which observation is 

 of great advantage to the huntsmen, and in 

 this manner should they harbour their deer. 



OF THE BUCK. 



The buck is fawned about the latter end 

 of May, and his nature and properties differ 

 little from the harts, only the hart goes sooner 

 to rut, and is sooner in grease. There is 

 not so much art and skill required in lodging 

 a buck as in harbouring a hart ; neither is 

 there so much drawing after him necessary, 

 you are only to judge by the view, and mark 

 what grove or covert he enters, for he will 

 not rove and wander up and down so often 

 as a hart, nor so frequently change his lair. 



