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Rh Dogs ſhould never be taken out to hunt unleſs they eat their food heartily, for if they do not, it is a ſign that they are not healthy; neither if there is a high wind, for it diſſipates the ſcent and prevents their hunting, neither can the toils or nets ſtand.

When neither of theſe things hinder, they ſhould be taken out every third day. They ſhould never be ſuffered to hunt Foxes, as that does them the greateſt damage, and they never are ſteady when it is neceſſary.

The places of Hunting ſhould frequently be changed, that the dogs maybe thoroughly acquainted with the nature of hunting, and the Hunter himſelf with the country. And it is neceſſary to go out early in the morning that the trail may not be gone. Thoſe who go out late deprive the dogs of the chance of finding a Hare, and themſelves of the ſport; neither will the ſcent, by reaſon of

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