and ſpeak to them, and encourage them, till they hit it off again.
When the ſcent is very ſtrong, they ruſh upon it leaping, crowding together, and ſtooping down, and, ſignifying it in this manner by well-known ſigns, they purſue very ſwiftly: but while they thus perſiſt in the ſcent cloſe to each other, the Huntfſman muſt reſtrain himſelf, and not follow the dogs too near, leſt, through emulation, they ſhould over-run the ſcent.
When they come near the Hare, and diſcover it plainly to the Huntſman, he ſhould be very careful, that, through fear of the dogs, ſhe does not ſteal off before he comes up; while they, ſhaking their tails, joſtling one againſt the other, ſpringing up often, doubling their tongues, and lifting up their heads towards the Huntſman, diſcover that they themſelves are certain of the
woods were ſurrounded; therefore, the trying them round was to find through what mews the Hare had eſcaped, or whether ſhe had made a ſhort turn back, juſt as we now try round the hedge of an encloſed ground.
