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HE advantages that ariſe to mankind from Hunting, and how dear to the Gods, and honourable throughout Greece, thoſe were eſteemed who were inſtructed in this Art by Chiron, has been related by Xenophon, the ſon of Gryllus. He has alſo declared how much this Art conduces to military knowledge; and what time of life, conſtitution, and underſtanding, are moſt proper for entering on it. He has written alſo concerning Hares, their manner of feeding, and ſeating themſelves, and how they are to be looked after. He has, beſides, written about dogs, deſcribing which were good for inveſtigating the ſcent, and which were bad, and how they were to be diſtinguiſhed both by their ſhape and their actons. What he has omitted does not appear Rh