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Rh let looſe that of his dogs which has the fineſt noſe; if in the winter about ſunriſing, if in the ſummer before day-break and between thoſe times in the other ſeaſons. If the dog picks the trail out ſtraight forward from the works the Hare has been making, he ſhould ſlip another; and, as theſe perſiſt in the trail, he ſhould looſe the reſt one after the other without great intervals, and ſhould follow himſelf, but not too cloſely, encouraging the dogs by their names, but not vehemently, leſt they ſhould be too eager before the proper time.

They keep running on with joy and ſpirit, inveſtigating the trail through every turn, now in circles, now ſtraight forward, now obliquely, through thick and thin, places known and unknown, paſſing each other by turns, moving their tails, throwing back their ears, and their eyes darting fire. When they are near the Hare, they diſcover it to the Huntſman by ſhaking violently not only their tails but their whole Rh