HUNTING DIRECTORY. 269 



Manner of placing Relays of Dogs. 



Manner of making a Report of the Discovery of a 

 Wolf — It appears that it is not very easy to distinguish 

 the track of wolves from every other animal : a sports- 

 man should possess much experience, and be capable of 

 just observation, to be able to make an accurate report. 



A report is commonly made in the following manner : 



I believe I have discovered the track of one or two 

 wolves, or of a he and a she wolf, or of several, according 

 to the indications one has oljserved; they came from 

 such a thicket, or they went in quest of food towards 

 such a village ; they killed so many deer, which I found 

 in following them ; and they afterwards repaired to such 

 a thicket. I continued the search ; and as I imagine 

 that their direct road lies from such a thicket, in which 

 I have reason to suppose they are, to such other thicket, 

 there is a fine opportunity for driving them into the open 

 country, and an advantageous situation for placing grey- 

 hounds. 



Manner of placing Greijlionnds, — The greyhounds 

 for the wolf are divided into three classes — the levriers 

 iVestric, levriers compagnons, likewise called the flank 

 greyhounds, and levriers de teste. There ought, in 

 general, to be two leashes of each kind, each leash being 

 composed of two or three greyhounds. The levriers 

 d'estric are first placed by the side of a thicket, near the 

 spot at which you imagine the wolf will break. These 

 two leashes should be about five or six hundred paces 

 distant from each other, more or less, according to the 

 situation of the place. Each leash should be supported 

 by a horseman, who should take care to conceal himself, 

 with the dogs, on the skirts of the wood down Mind, to 



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