of the //?W^Barbadoes. 



this ground, the nimble Roe-Buck, nor the ftbtle Fox- , the Badger^ 

 Otter, orthefearfull Hare, have ever run their Mafes in thefe Woods. 

 And then, what ufe of Hounds > 



Onely one kind are ufeful here, and thofe are Liam Hounds, to 

 guide us to the run away Negrcos,who,as I told you, harbour them- 

 felves in Woods and Caves, living upon pillage for many months to- 

 gether 



And for the Faulconer, though his Hawk have reach'd fuch excel- 

 lencies, as may exalt her praife as high, as her wings can raife her bo- 

 dy, yet, (he muft be taken down to a bare Lure. And the painfull 

 and skilful! Faulconer , who has applyed himielf (blely to the hu- 

 mour of the brave Bird he carries^ who mufl: be courted as a Miftrefs, 

 be (he never fo froward, and like a coy Miltreft, will take check at 

 any thing, when her liberty gives her liccnfe^ and though by a pain- 

 full and ftudied diligence,he have reclaimed her fo, astoflie at what, 

 and when, and where, and howlheisdirefted^ and (he, by her own 

 praftice and obfervation, has learnt to know, which Spaniel lies, and 

 which tells truth, that accordingly fhe may Height the one, and re- 

 gard the other, and with this^has all other qualities that are excellent, 

 in (b noble and heroick a Bird ; Yet, this painful diligence in the Faul- 

 coner, this rare perfedion in the Hawk , will be of little ufe, where 

 there is neither Champion to fly in. Brooks to flie over, nor Game 

 to flie at. No mountie at a Hieron, to caufe the lufty Jerfaulcon to 

 raife her toalofle of her felf, from the eyes of her Keeper, till by ma- 

 ny dangerous thorows, ftie binde with her Qnarrie, and both come 

 tumbling down together. No teem ofDucks, orbuuch ofTeales, to 

 caufe the high flying Haggard make her itooping,and ftrike her Quar- 

 rie dead. And for the Oftringer, though his well-man'd Goftiauk, or 

 her bold mate the Tarcel, draw a Covert nere fo well 5 yet, no Eye of 

 Phefants will fpring, orpearchinthefe woods. 



The Eagle and the Sacre furc^ here ever mifs their prej. 

 Since Bufiard and the Varvacle^ arc never in the way. 

 No Tarcel drarves a Covert here^ no tanner (its a markj^ 

 No M^iriwc files a Tartridge necr^ no Hohbie dares a Larl{. 



Another pleafurCj the better fort ofthe people of England take de- 

 light in , which, in my opinion, may be rather call'd a toyle then a | 

 pleafure, and that is Race-Horfes , forcing poor beafts beyond their I 

 power , who were given us for our moderate ufe. Thefe exercifes j 

 are too violent for hot Countries , and therefore we will forget ! 

 them. j 



Shooting and Bowline may very well be ufed here, but at Butts j 

 onely, and in Bares, or clofe Allies, for the turfe here will never be 

 fine enough for a Green, nor the ground foft enough,for an Arrow to 1 

 fall on. Amongft all the fports without dores , that are ufed in Eng- \ 

 /rf;;^,thefe two are onely fufFerable in the Barhadoes. But for the fports ' 

 within the houfe , they may all be ufed there , as, all forts of Gaming , ' 

 viz. Chefs, Tables, Cards, Dice, Shovel-abord, Billiards, and fbme^ 

 kinds of Dances , but none of thofe that are laborious, as high and 



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