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THE TABLE FOR HUNTING: Being the First PART.

Page.

INtroduction

1

Terms of Art

4

Some general names of Hounds and Beagels

19

Terms relating to Forests, &c.

20

Of the Hound Rache and Sluth-hound

28

Of the Blood-hound

29

Of the Gaze-hound

33

Of the Grey-hound

34

Of the Harrier and Terrier

36

Of the Hound Levyner or Lyemer

37

Of the Tumbler

ibid.

Of the Spaniel

39

Of the White Hound

40

Of Fallow-Hounds

ibid.

Of the Dun-hound

41

The marks of a good Hound

42

The election of a Dog and Bitch for good Whelps

43

How to enter young Hounds at the Hart, &c.

44

Of Coursing with Grey-hounds

46

The Laws of the Leash or Coursing

49

The Stiles of Hunting different from the English, both An∣tique and Forrain

52

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Of Hart-Hunting

56

The Nature of a Hart

57

Of the Rut of Harts

62

Of the time of Harts Mewing

67

Of the Coats and Colours of Harts, and their diversities

66

How to know an old Hart by the Slot, Entries, &c.

67

The names and diversities of Harts-heads according to Hun∣ters Terms

69

How to seek a Hart in his 〈◊〉 or feeding place according to the seasons of the year

〈◊〉

In what manner the Huntsman shall go drawing in the Springs

71

Directions for Harbouring a Stag

72

How to find a Hart lost the night before

73

How, to find a Hart in high Woods

74

How to unbarbour a Hart and cast off the Hounds

75

What subtilties are used in hunting a Hart at force

76

How to kill a Hart at Bay.

79

Directions at the death of a Buck on Hart

80

Buck-Hunting

81

Roe-Hunting

83

Rain-Deer-Hunting

86

Hart Hunting

91

Of Parks and Warrens

100

Of Coney catching

102

Of the Ferret

104

Of Fbx-Hunting

105

Of Badger-Hunting

111

Of Otter-Hunting

115

Of the Squirrel

118

Of the Martern or Wild-Cat

120

A short Account of Beasts not Hunted in England, and first of the Wolf

123

Of Wild-goat-Hunting

126

Of Wild-boar Hunting

128

Of Bear-Hunting

135

Of the Beaver

137

Of the Elk

139

Diseases and Cures of Hounds

140

Diseases and Cures of Spaniels

146

Penal Laws relating to Hunters and Hunting

150

Penal Laws concerning Forests and Chaces, &c.

155

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The Table for HAWKING: Being the Second PART.

THe Introduction

Page 1

Terms of Art

4

Of the Haggard-Faulcon

11

How to know the Nature and Disposition of several Hawks, and what must be observed from thence

17

Of the Faulcon

20

Of the Manning, Luring, Flights, and Mewing of a Faul∣con, with other things belonging to an Ostrager

22

Of bathing a Faulcon lately reclaimed; how to make her, and to hate the Check

26

How to enseam a Faulcon with her Castings and Scow∣rings

28

General Instructions for an Ostrager or Faulconer

32

How to hood a Hawk

36

How to make your Hawk know your Voice and her own feed∣ing

37

How to make your Hawk bold and venturous

ibid.

How to make a Hawk know the Lure

38

How to make a Hawk flying

ibid.

A Flight for a Haggard

40

How to make a Soar-Faulcon, or Haggard kill at the very first

41

Remedy for a Hawks taking stand in a Tree

42

How to help a Hawk froward and coy through pride of grease

ibid.

How to make a Hawk hold in her head and not mind Check

43

How to continue and keep a Hawk in her high flying

ibid.

A flight for the Hern

45

Of the Haggard-faulcon; why so called, her good shape 'and properties, &c.

47

Of the Barbary-faulcon

50

Of the Gerfaulcon

ibid.

Of the Saker

53

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Of the Lanner, Lanneret, and Tunisian

54

Of the Metlin

57

Of the Mewing of Merlins, Faulcons, &c. And which is the best way of Mewing

58

Of the Hobby

61

Of the Goshawk

62

How to make the Soar or Haggard-Goshawk

64

How to make a Goshawk fly to the Partridge

65

How to help a Goshawk that turneth Tail to Tail, and gi∣veth over her Game

66

How to make a Goshawk fly quickly

67

How to fly a Goshawk to the River

68

An excellent way to preserve a Goshawk in the time of her flying, especially in hot weather

69

How to fly the Wild-goose or Crane with the Goshawk

ibid.

How to Mew a Goshawk, and draw her out of the Mew, and make her flying

70

Some general Observations for an Ostrager or Faulconer in keeping and reclaiming a Goshawk

71

Of the Sparrow-hawk

73

How to make a Sparrow-hawk, whether Eyess, Brancher, Soar, Mew'd, or Haggard

74

How to Mew Sparrow-hawks

78

The duty of a Faulconer, with necessary Rules and Obser∣vations for him to follow

80

Of Diseases and dangerous accidents incident to Hawks, and their several Cures

81

Of Castings and Mewtings, either good or bad according to their several complexions and smells.

82

Of the Cataract

85

Of the Pantas or Asthma

86

Of Worms

87

Of the Filanders

ibid.

Another approved medicine for Filanders or Worms in Hawks

88

Of Hawks Lice

ibid.

A safe and easie way to kill Lice in Hawks

89

How to keep and maintain all manner of Hawks in health, good plight, and liking

ibid.

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Of the Formica

90

Of the Frownce

91

Of the Pip

ibid.

How to remedy that Hawk which endeweth not, nor putteth over as she should do

92

How to make a Hawk feed eagerly that bath lost appetite, without bringing her low

93

How to raise a Hawk that is low and poor

ibid.

How to remedy a Hawk that is slothful and averse to flying

94

Of swoln feet in a Hawk

ibid.

How to scour Hawks before you cast them into the Mew

95

Penal Laws relating to Hawks and Hawking

97

The Table for FOWLING: Being the Third PART.

WHat Fowling is, with the nature and diversity of all manner of Fowl

Page 101

Of the haunts of Fowl

103

The readiest way to take great Fowl with Nets

104

How to take small Water-fowl with Nets

105

How to take small Birds with Bird-lime

107

How to take great Fowl with Lime-twigs

109

Of the great and lesser Springs

111

Of the Fowling-piece and Stalking-horse

113

How to take all manner of Land-fowl by day and night

118

Of Bat-fowling

121

Of the Day-net, and how to take Birds therewith

ibid.

Of taking small Birds which use Hedges and Bushes with Lime-twigs

123

How to make the best sort of Bird-lime, and how to use it

126

The best and most experienced way of making Water-bird-lime

127

In what manner Snipes may be taken with Bird-lime

128

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Of the Bull-finch

179

Of the Green-Finch

ibid.

Of the Hedge-Sparrow

180

An Abstract of such Penal Laws as concern Fowling

183

The Table for FISHING: Being the Fourth and last PART.

THe Introduction

Page 1

An Encomium, or somewhat in praise of Fisher-man and Fishing

7

Fish-ponds to improve, and the fish therein contained

8

Carps to make them grow to an extraordinary bigness in Pond

10

General Observations to be understood in the Art of Ang∣ling

11

Astrological Elections for Angling in general

13

What provision is to be made for Angling-tools

14

A Line after the best manner, how to make

15

Of the Hook, Flote, and other things worth the observation

16

Flies Natural and Artificial, and how to use them

18

Of Ground-angling

23

Of Night-angling

24

What times are seasonable, and what unseasonable to angle in

25

Of the Barbel

27

Of the Bream

29

Of the Bleak

31

Of the Bull-head or Millers-Thumb

32

Of the Chevin

33

Of the Char

34

Of the Chub, Cheven, Chavender

ibid.

Of the Carp

36

Of Dace or Dare

38

Of the Eel

39

Of the Flounder

42

Of the Gudgeon

43

Of the Guiniard

ibid.

Of the Loach

44

Of the Minnow

45

Of the Pope or Ruff

ibid.

Of the Pike

46

Of the Pearch

50

Of the Rud

52

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Of the Roach

ibid.

Of the Stickleback

55

Of the Salmon

ibid.

Of the Tench

57

Of the Torcoth

61

Of the Trout

ibid.

Of the Umber or Grayling

63

Fishes Haunt, &c.

64

Experimental Observations and Directions for Angling

67

An Angling Song

75

An Abstract of such Penal Laws as relate to Fishing

76

The Table for the HUNTING-HORSE, Being an Appendix to the First Part.

OF Hunting-Horses in general, their excellency, and the necessity and benefit of the Art of Keeping

Page 1

Of Breeding; the choice of a Stallion, and Mares, with some general Remarks on Marks and Colours

8

Of the Age a Hunter should be of, before he be put to Hun∣ting: Of the Stable, and Groom, and of the Horses first taking up from Grass, in order to his further dieting

24

How to order the Hunter for the first Fortnight

34

Of the second Fortnights Diet, and of his first Hunting, and what Chases are most proper to Train him

50

Of the Horses third Fortnights Keeping, and first Tho∣rough-sweating

64

Of making a Hunting-Match, its advantages and disadvan∣tages

70

Of the ordering the Hunter for a Match or Plate

77

Of the means to judge of your Horses state of Body, and of curing all Casualties that may happen after Matching

87

Of Riding a Hunting-Match, or Heats for a Plate, and the advantages belonging to each

91

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