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now in our Town he is following the Carding Business 

 for every one that wants him he served his Time at a 

 Town called Brigstock in Northamptonshire and from 

 thence in great Addington Journeyman to this Occu- 

 pation as before mentioned and used to come to my house 

 and foqnd by riding my horses to v/ater that he rode a 

 horse pretjty well which was not at all mistaken for he rides 

 a horse well and he looks after a kennel of hounds very 

 well and finds a hare very well he hath no judgment ir> 

 hunting a pack of hoynds now tho he rides well he dont 

 with discretion for he dont know how to make the most 

 of 3. horse but a very harey starey fellow will ride over a 

 church if in his way tho may prevent the leap by hay- 

 ing a gap within ten yards of him and if you are not 14 

 the field with him yourself when you are a hunting to 

 tutor him about riding he will kill all the horses you have 

 in the stable iri one month for he hath killed dovynright 

 and lamed so that will never be fit for use no more than 

 five horses since he hath hunted my hounds which is two 

 yesLVs and upwards he can talk no dog language to a 

 hound he hath no voice speaks to a hound just as if his 

 head were in a drum nor neither does he know how to 

 draw a hound when they are at a loss no more^than a 



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