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Rh object, will be ſpoiled. A perſon, therefore, ſhould be appointed to take the command of the ſport, and the greyhounds being in ſlips, two together, he ſhould give theſe orders, "If the Hare takes this way, you looſe yours, and no one elſe; if that way, you yours;" and theſe orders ſhould be punctually obeyed.

The Gauls, ſometimes, when courſing, mix their finders with the greyhounds; and, while theſe try, the others are led by the hand at a little diſtance, taking care to lead the good dogs where the Hare is moſt likely to come, that they may be let go when ſhe runs off, and here the greyhounds ſupply the uſe of Xenophon's nets. But, by this method, the courſe is irregular, and the Hare however ſtout ſhe may be, is ſo much alarmed by the cry of the dogs, that, if ſhe is not a conſiderable way before, ſhe is ſo confuſed, that ſhe will eaſily be caught; therefore, whoever lets ſlip a good dog, ſhould not do it while ſhe is aſtoniſhed, but let her make her firſt ring before he looſes him, unleſs he means to ſpoil the diverſion.

It is not right to looſe the greyhounds at Rh