14-3 THCUGMTS UPON HUNTIXG. 



niaoy hours, when the fceiit of her dies away {k 

 ihon ? 



Hares are faid (I know not with what truth) to 

 forefce a change of -weather, and to feat them- 

 felves accordingly. This is liowever certain, that 

 they are feldom found in places mvich expoled to 

 the wind. In inclofures they more frequently 

 sre found near to a hedge than in the middle of a 

 iield. They who make a profeflion of nare-find- 

 mg (and a very advantageous one it is in fome 

 countries) are directed by the v.'ind where to look 

 for their game. With good eyes and nice obfer- 

 vation they are enabled to find them in any wea- 

 ther. You may make forms, and hares will lit 

 in them. I have heard it is a common pradlice 

 with fhepherds on the Wiltfliire downs ; and, by 

 making them on the fide of hills, they can tell 

 i2t a diltance ofiV whether there arc hares in them 

 or not. Without doubt people frequently do not 

 Snd hares, from not knowing thcra in their forms. 

 A gentleman, courling with his friends, was 

 ihevvn a hare that was found fitting — *^* Is that 

 "^ haref he cried, '^ then^ hy Jove, ! found twa 

 *' this rnormng as isjc rode ahng.'^ 



.Though the talent of hare-finding is certainly 

 ©l-U'fe; and the money colleded for it, when 

 g"*ven to fne-pherds, is money well befiowed by 

 fportfinaOj as it tends to the prefervation of his 



game 



