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lilind*) That our Anceftors have made a clear riddance of Bears, 
Wolves, and all other furious b^afts, which are apt to affault Mankind. 
A^d hereby we have had the more leifure, to fit our Dogs for all forts 
of £^^///2' Game i to choofc tall and deep-mouth'd Hounds fpr Wood- 
land 3 little Beagles for fmooth Plains j Hound? of a middle fize, where 
the Country is partly charapian and partly enclofed • light, llender 
and fleet Hounds , where the Country lies open for the fleet 
hunting-Horfe. Ev^y where they are provided of Hounds fit for the 
Country and withal, are every where curious to confort the mouths 
of every Kennel for a rural or fyivan Mufic, agreeable to chear up the 
Hunters. And 'tis believ'd, that the Dogs of all forts, for the 
Hare or for the Hart, and for any Game which this Ifland affords , are 
as good Dogs as can be found in any Country, to us known. In all 
which refpeds, both of Safety and of Pleafure, of healthful exercife 
and of harmonious Hunting, we ^m ay here juftly call it The Gentle- 
mans Recreation. And if we ufe it as a Recreation , moderately , in fit 
leafons, and at due intervals. Hunting preferves bodily health and ala- 
crity in our Spirits ^ prorapteth to rife early, and to endure the dews 
of the Morning, and th;e cafuakies of harder weather. It gees a llo- 
mach for ordinary viands, and renders them more pleafant than haut? 
gouts, Ithardens againft efFerainacya as they report of Hipfolytw, It 
enables to fit well and firmly on Horfeback •, and ftrengthens the back, 
for the great Saddle, and for greater fervices, when publick occafions 
:K€quireth€m. Thus much for the Authors Title,and for Englifh Huntf- 
raen, and iox Brkijh Horfes and Dogs. I (hall only add^that about three 
hundred years after Gratis , Nemejlan gw^s tlie precedence to Britifh 
Greyhounds for velocity , iz^.Cynegetic : 
— Divifa Brkannia wittit 
Veloces^no^t\({M^ oxhnvenatihpis aptos. 
Ncfiri OrhijJukh he, a Carthagenian^hut then refiding at Rom, ¥or {omc 
Ages after th^x-J«^"/^ C^«/>€ntred Brkdn , the Hounds of this Ifland 
were fo iictle known at thatit was efteemed and called Orbis Al- 
ter ; for ought they knew, larger than oyr lately difcovered America, 
Neither coijLd the fleetnefs oT .5m/y^ Greyhounds be tried in their 
Theaters j nor is it certain, thatthe Romans or Britains were then much 
iddided to Courfing, or could foon know the worth of thofe Grey- 
hounds : Much lefs, . that they ilioald then know the Irijh Greyhomd or 
Wolf-dogf ^ Cmei Sc(4\cl Ixht Irifi were called Scoti in former Ages \) 
Whichl^^or (liape, fize^ fleetnefs^ courage and execution, (taking all in 
one) are the goodii^ft r>Q^s tjjiix w.e can hear of. And 'tis hoped, the 
Mngltjh ind irtfh will , 'in^a;fhort time , deftroy the routs of Wolves 
ihere, for the benefit of their Pofterity, as bur Forefathers have done 
i(>x us \i\.EngUnd^S cot lmdiidcX\di Wales. 
. : . J. It.ot Hmting^ our accomplifbttAuthor Oiews us the Ancient hun- 
ting NoteSifoi-winding the^Bugle horns-^^ with the additions of Mr. 
•AUrJh, HoxqCTs Oi| Uolifm-brjdge , whg UMghC bira to blow^ Horn^ 
