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and Warren Hares. 



warren ; for the warren-hares will be unwilling to leave 

 it, and, when disturbed by dogs, will immediately go in. 



" If you turn them out before greyhounds, you cannot 

 give them too much law ; if before hounds you cannot 

 give them too little ; for reasons which I will give you 

 presently. Though hares, as I told you before, never 

 run so well before hounds as when they do not know 

 where they ai-e, yet before greyhounds it is the reverse; 

 and your trap-hares, to run well, should always be turned 

 out within their knowledge : they are naturally timid, 

 and are easily disheartened when they have no point to 

 make to for safety. 



" If you turn out any befoi'e your hounds (which, if 

 it is not your wish, I shall by no means recommend) do 

 not give them much time, but lay on your hounds as soon 

 as they are out of view : if you do not, they will very 

 likely stop, which is often fatal. Views are at all times 

 to be avoided, but particularly with trap-hares ; for, as 

 these know not where they are, the hounds have too 

 great an advantage over them. It is best to turn them 

 down the wind ; they hear the hounds better and seldom 

 turn again. Hounds for this business should not be too 

 fleet. These hares run straight, and make no doubles ; 

 they leave a strong scent, and have other objections in 

 common with animals turned out before hounds : they 

 may give you a gallop, but they will show but little 

 hunting. The hounds are to be hunted like a pack of 

 fox-hounds, as a trap-hare runs very much in the same 

 manner, and will even top the hedges. What I should 

 prefer to catching the hares in traps, would be a warren 

 in the midst of an open country, which might be stopped 



