I« HUNTING DIRECTORY. 



Old Method of Fox-hunting. 



" Of terriers there are two sorts — the one is crooked- 

 legged and commonly short-haired, and these will take 

 earth well, and will he very long at fox or badger; the 

 other sort is shagged and straight-legged, and these will 

 not only hunt above ground as others, but also enter the 

 earth with much more fury than the former, but cannot 

 stay in so long by reason of their great eagerness. 



"The entering and fleshing them may be done several 

 ways; in the first place, thus: when foxes and badgers 

 have young cubs, then take your old terriers and enter 

 them in the ground, and when they begin to bay, you 

 must then hold every one of your terriers at a sundry 

 hole or mouth of the earth, that they may listen and 

 hear the old ones bay. Having taken the old fox or 

 badger, and that nothing remains within but the young 

 cubs, then couple up all your old terriers and put in the 

 young in their stead, encouraging them by crying to him, 

 to hinii to him ! and if they take any young cub within 

 the ground, let them alone to do what they please with 

 him, and forget not to give the old ones their reward, 

 which is the blood and hvers, fried with cheese and some 

 of their own grease, shewing them the heads and skins 

 to encourage them : — before you reward them, wash 

 them with soap and warm water, to clear their skins 

 from earth and cjlay that is clodded to the hair, other- 

 wise they are apt to be mangie. 



*' Now, to say the truth, there is not much pastime or 

 pleasure in hunting a fox under ground ; for as soon as 

 that subtle creature perceiveth the terriers, if they bay 

 hard, and lie near unto them, they will bolt out imme- 

 diately, unless it be when the bitch hath youn§ cubs, 



