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^not easy to be described. Should you find the 

 hares, towards the end of the season, shy of the 

 traps, from having been often caught, it will be 

 necessary to drive them in with spaniels. Should 

 this be the case, you will find them very thick 

 round the warren ; for the warren-hares will be 

 unwilling to leave it, and, when disturbed by 

 dogs, will immediately go in. 



If you turn them out before greyhounds, you 

 cannot give them too much law ; if before hounds, 

 you cannot give them too little ; for reasons 

 which I will give you presently. Though hares, 

 as I told you before, never run so well before 

 hounds as when they do not know where they 

 are, yet before greyhounds it is the reverse ; 

 and your trap-hares, to run well, should always 

 be turned out within their knowledge : they are 

 naturally timid, and are easily disheartened when 

 they have no point to make to for safety. 



If you turn out any before your hounds, 

 (which, if it is not your wish, I shall by no 

 means recommend,) do not give them much time, 

 but lay on your hounds as soon as they are out 

 of view : if you do not, they will very likely 

 stop, which is often fatal. Views are at all 

 times to be avoided, but particularly with trap- 

 hares ; for, as these know not where they are, 



