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gers and fuch like, they are called the feance, of the Otter they 

 are called the Sprayntes. Afterwardes if one afke him howe he 

 will terme the feeding of an Hart or fuch like, in termes of Ve- 

 nerie, he fliall fay that it is called thefeedeofaDeare. As to fay : 

 Lo heere you may fee 'where a Deare hath taken his f cede. Of Bores 

 and fuch like, you fliall fay the feeding, as to fay, lo, heere he hath 

 fed, Sec. So is there great diflference betwene the feete of praying 

 beafts, and the feet of a Deare. For in beafts of pray and rauine, 

 as Beare, and Bore, &c. they are called traces. But the footing or 

 tracke of a Deare, as Harte, Bucke, Rayndeare, and Goate,they 

 are called the viewe, and the Slot. Also there is difference be- 

 tweene the Fryth and the Fell. The Felles are vnderftoode the 

 Mountaines, Valleys, and paftures with corne, and fuch like. 

 The Frythes betoken the Springs and Coppyfes. And if a 

 Deare do feede abroade out of the woodes, you fliall fay that he 

 fed in the Felles, otherwife in the Frythes. A yong hunter hath 

 alfo to confider the difference betwene thefe words Wayes and 

 Trenches. For by the first is ment the high and beaten ways on 

 the outfide of a wood or foreft, and fuch alfo as lye through fuch 

 woods being commonly beaten and trauelled. And by this word 

 Trench, is vnderftoode euery fmall way, not fo commonly vfed. 

 And therfore if the huntfmen do fay, the Hart is gone downe the 

 way, it is to be vnderftoode that he ment the high beaten waye : 

 But when he hath taken fome other by path or waye into the 

 wood or Foreft, then a Huntfman will fay he is gone downe that 

 trench, &c. So is there alfo difference betweene a Trench and a 

 path. For trenches as I fay, be wayes and walkes in a woode or 

 Foreft. But pathes are any place where a Deare hath gone and 

 left viewe or Slot either long before or frefli and newe. As tou- 

 ching blemiflies, they are the markes which are left to knowe 

 where a Deare hath gone in or out. And they are little bowes 

 plaflied or broken, fo that they hang downward. For any thing 

 that is hung vp, is called a Sewel. And thofe are vfed moll com- 

 monly to amaze a Deare, and to make him refufe to pafTe when 

 they are hanged vp. When a huntfman goeth to rowze a deare, 

 as to vnharbor a Hart or fo, he flial fay to his hound when he ca- 

 fteth him off, There boy there^ to him^ to h'lm^ to him. But if it were 



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