The hoohe of Hunting is 



great, alfo the haunches great and large, the thigh well truf- 

 fed, and the hamme ftreight and well compafTed, the tayle 

 bigge ncare the reynes, and the reft {lender vnto the very end, 

 the heare vnderncath the belly hard, the legge bigge, the foale 

 of the foote drie and formed like a Foxes foote, the clawes 

 grcate : and you fliall note, that feldome fliall you fee fuche 

 dogges as are fliort truflfed, (hauing their hinder parts higher 

 than their foreparts) to proue fwift. Now to declare vnto 

 you the fignification of thefe marks, you fliall v derftand y* 

 the open noftrells do betoken a dogge of perfedl fent, the ridge 

 or chine of the backe rochbent, and the hamme ftreight, betoken 

 fwiftneflc, the tayle great neare the reynes and long and loofe 

 towardes the ende, bctokeneth good and greate force in the 

 reynes, and that the dogge is long breathed, the hard 

 heare vnderneath the belly doeth fignirte that he is 

 paynefull, and feareth neyther water nor colde, the 

 bigge legge, the Foxes foote and the great 

 clawes, do betoken that the foote of 

 fuch an hound is not fatte, and that 

 he is ftrong in all his mem- 

 bers, and able to en- 

 dure long without 

 furbaiting of 

 himfelfe. 



How 



