Page:Cynegetica.djvu/48

32, as it is both unbecoming and impious, and beiſides a violation of the laws in thoſe who do it. And when no game is found, all the hunting apparatus ſhould be entirely taken away.

The accoutrements of the dogs conſiſt in a collar, a leather leading thong, and a ſurcingle to guard the body. The collar ſhould be ſoft and broad that it may not rub off the dogs hair; the leading thong ſhould have a knot for the hand to hold by, and nothing more; neither do thoſe lead their dogs well who make part of the thong ſerve for a collar; the ſurcingle ſhould have broad thongs that they may not gall the belly of the dog, and ſharp points are ſewed on it to preſerve the breed. Rh