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Difference of Scent in the same Animals. 



mean, that they are stronger, sweeter, or more distin- 

 guishable at one time than at another ; and that this dif- 

 ference is found not only in diverse, but often in the same 

 individual creature, according to the changes of the air 

 or the soil, as well as of her own motions or conditions. 

 That there is a different scent in other animals of the 

 same species, is evident from draught hounds, which 

 were formerly made use of for tracing and pursuing 

 thieves and deer stealers, or rather from any common 

 cur or spaniel, which will hunt out their masters, or their 

 master's horse, distinctly from all others : and that it 

 is the same with the hare is no less visible with the 

 old beagles, which will not readily change for a fresh 

 one, vmless she starts in view, or unless a fault happens 

 that puts them in confusion, and inclines them in despair 

 to take up with the next they can come by. 



" That the same hare will at divers times emit finer 

 or grosser particles, is equally manifest to every one who 

 shall observe the frequent changes in one single chase, 

 the alterations that ensue on any different motion, and 

 on her degrees of sinking. The coursing of a cur dog, 

 or the fright from an obvious passenger, is often the 

 occasion of an unexpected fault ; and after such an acci- 

 dent the dogs must be cherished, and be put upon it 

 again and again before they will take it and acknowledge 

 it for their own game. The reason is (as I conceive) the 

 change of the motion causes a change in the perspiring 

 particles ; and as the spirits of the dogs are all engaged 

 and attached to particles of such or such a figure, 'tis 

 with difficulty they come to be sensible of, or attentive 

 to, those of a different relish. You Mill pardon the ex- 



