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A34843	The gentleman's recreation in four parts, viz. hunting, hawking, fowling, fishing : wherein these generous exercises are largely treated of, and the terms of art for hunting and hawking more amply enlarged than heretofore : whereto is prefixt a large sculpture, giving easie directions for blowing the horn, and other sculptures inserted proper to each recreation : with an abstract at the end of each subject of such laws as relate to the same.	Cox, Nicholas, fl. 1673-1721.; Langbaine, Gerard, 1656-1692. Hunter, a discourse in horsemanship.	1686 (1686)	Wing C6705; ESTC R33687	308,510	564

outward parts of the Body will fall down into his Heels and so cause gowtiness and swelling I need not trouble you with the outward signs of this Distemper they are evident to the Eye but tho every Groom can inform you when a Horse is said to have the grease fallen into his Heels yet may be he cannot instruct you in the cause why Travail disperseth it for a time and when the Horse is cold it returns with more violence than before The reason therefore is this The Grease which by indiscreet Exercise and negligence in keeping is melted and fallen into his Legs standing still in the Stable cools and congeals and so unites it self with other ill Humours which flow to the affected part so that they stop the natural Circulation of the Blood and cause inflamations and swellings as aforesaid but Travail producing warmth in his Limbs thaws as it were the congeal'd Humours and disperses them throughout the Body in general till Rest gives them opportunity to unite and settle again Now tho most Grooms are of opinion that this Distemper is not to be prevented by care or caution that when it has once seaz'd a horse it remains incureable yet they are mistaken in both for by Art it may be prevented and by Art cured altho the cure is so difficult to be wrought that a Groom cannot be too careful to prevent it As for the nward Grease which is in his Stomack Bag and Guts if when once ' melted it be not remov'd by Art Medicine and good keeping it putrifies and breeds those mortal Diseases which inevitably destroy the Horse tho it be half a year or three quarters of a year after And this is generally the source of most Feavers Surfeits Consumptions c. and such other Distempers which carry off infinite numbers of horses for want of the Farriers knowledge in the first Causes of the Distemper which to prevent you shall follow the ensuing Directions After by feeling on his Ribs you have found his Fat soft and unsound you shall feele his Chaule and if you find any fleshy substance or great round Kirnells or Knots you may be assured that as his outward Fat is unsound so inwardly he is full of glut and pursive by means of gross and tough Humours cleaving to the hollow places of the Lungs stopping so his Windpipe that his Wind cannot find free passage nor his Body be capable of much Labour Therefore the chief end and Intention of Art is by good sound Food to enseame and harden his Fat and by moderate Exercise warm cloathing and gentle Phisick to cleanse away his inward Glut that his Wind and other parts being freed from all grossness his courage and activity in any labour or service may appear to be more than redoubled The same Observations you must make from his Flank which you will find alwaies to correspond with the Ribs and Chaule for till he is drawn clean it will feel thick to your gripe but when he is enseam'd you will perceive nothing but two thin skins and by these three Observations of the Ribs Flank and Chaps you may at any time pass an indifferent judgment of your Horses being in a good condition or a bad When you have made these Remarks you shall sift your Horse a handful or two and no more of good old sound Oates and give them to him to preserve his Stomack from cold Humours that might oppress it by drinking fasting and likewise to make him drink the better When he hath eaten them pull off his Coller and rub his Head Face Ears and Nape of the Neck with a clean Rubbing Cloth made of Hemp for 't is soveraign for the Head and dissolveth all gross and filthy Humours Then take a small Snaffle and wash it in fair water and put it on his head drawing the Reins through the Headstall to prevent his slipping it over his head and so tye him up to the Rack and dress him thus First in your Right-hand take a Curry-Comb suitable to your Horses skin as if your horses coat be short and smooth then must the Curry-Comb be blunt but if long and rough then must the Teeth be long and and sharp standing with your Face opposite to the Horses hold the Left cheek of the Headstall in your Left-hand and Curry him with a good hard hand from the Root of his Ears all a long his Neck to his Shoulders then go over all his Body with a more moderate hand then Curry his Buttocks down to the hinder Cambrell with an hard hand again then change your hand and laying your Right Arm over his Back joyn your right-side to his left and so Curry him gently from the top of his Withers to the lower part of his shoulder ever now and then fetching your stroke over the left side of his breast and so Curry him down to Knee but no further Then Curry him all under his Belly near his Fore-bowels and in a word all over very well his Legs under the Knees and Cambrels only excepted And as you dress'd the left-side so must you the right likewise Now by the way take notice whether your Horse keeps a riggling up and down biting the Rack-staves and now and then offering to snap at you or lifting up his Leg to strike at you when you are Currying him if he do 't is an apparent sign of his displeasure by reason of the sharpness of the Comb and therefore you must file the Teeth thereof more blunt but if you perceive that he plays these or such like Tricks through Wantonness and the Pseasure he takes in the Friction then you shall ever now and then correct him with your Whip gently for his Waggishness This Currying is only to raise the Dust and therefore after you have thus curried him you must take either a Horse-tail nail d to an Handle or a clean dusting-Cloath of Cotten and with it strike off the loose Dust rais'd by your Curry-comb Then dress him all over with the French-Brush both Head Body and Legs to the very Fet-locks observing always to cleanse the Brush from the filth it gathers from the bottom of the Hair by rubbing it on the curry-comb Then dust him the second time Then with your Hand wet in water rub his body all over and as near as you can leave no loose hairs behind you and with your wet hands pick and cleanse his Eys Ears Nostrils Sheath Cods and Tuel and so rub him till he be as dry as at first Then take an Hair-patch and rub his Body all over but especially his Fore-bowels under his Belly his Flank and between his hinder Thighs Lastly wipe him over with a fine white linnen Rubber When you have thus drest him take a large Saddle-cloath made on purpose that may reach down to the Spurring-place and lap it about his Body then clap on his Saddle and throw a cloth over him for fear of catching cold Then take two Ropes of Straw twisted

haunts are much alike with those of the Partridge onely the Quail loves most the Wheat-fields the Morepoot most the Heath and Forest-grounds and the Rails love the long high Grass where they may lie obscure The way of finding them is like that of the Partridge by the Eye the Ear and Haunt but the chief way of all to find them out is the Call or Pipe to which they listen with such earnestness that you can no sooner imitate their Notes but they will answer them and will pursue the Call with such greediness that they will play and skip about you nay run over you especially the Quail The notes of the Male and Female differ very much and therefore you must have them both at your command and when you hear the Male call you must answer in the Females note and when the Female calls you must answer in the Males note and thus you will not fall to have them both come to you who will gaze and listen till the Net is cast over them The way of taking these Birds is the same with that of the Partridge and they may be taken with Nets or Lime either Bush or Rod or Engine which you must stalk with or by the Setting-dog which I shall treat of in the next Chapter How to elect and train a SETTING-DOG from a Whelp till he come to perfection THe Dog which you elect for Setting must have a perfect and good scent and be naturally addicted to the hunting of Feathers And this Dog may be either Land-spaniel Water-spaniel or Mungrel of them both either the Shallow-flewed Hound Tumbler Lurcher or small bastard Mastiff But there is none better than the Land-spaniel being of a good and nimble size rather small than gross and of a courageous mettle which though you cannot discern being young yet you may very well know from a right breed which have been known to be strong lusty and nimble Rangers of active Feet wanton Tails and busie Nostrils whose Tail was without weariness their Search without changeableness and whom no delight did transport beyond fear or obedience When you have made choice of your Dog begin to instruct him about four months old or six months at the uttermost The first thing that you shall teach your Dog is to make him loving and familiar with you knowing you from any other person and following you where-ever you go To effect this the better let him receive his food as near as you can from no other hand but your own and when you correct him to keep him in awe do it rather with words than blows When you have have so instructed your Dog that he will follow none but your self and can distinguish your frown from your smile and smooth words from rough you must then teach him to couch and lie down close to the ground first by laying him often on the ground and crying Lie close When he hath done any thing to your mind and pleasure you must then reward him with a piece of Bread if otherwise chastise him with words but few blows After this you must teach him to come creeping unto you with his Belly and Head close upon the ground as far or as little a way as you shall think fit and this you may do by saying Come nearer come nearer or the like and at first till he understand your meaning by shewing him a piece of Bread or some other food to entice him to you And this observe in his creeping to you if he offer to raise his Body or Head you must not onely thrust the rising-part down but threaten him with your angry voice which if he seem to slight then add a sharp jerk or two with a Whipcord-lash You must often renew his Lessons till he be very perfect still encouraging him when he does well If you walk abroad with him and he take a fancy to range even when he is most busie speak to him and in the height of his pastime make him fall upon his Belly and lie close and after that make him come creeping to you After this teach him to lead in a String or Line and to follow you close at your heels without trouble or straining of his Collar By that time he hath learned these things aforesaid I conceive the Dog may be a twelvemonth old at which time the season of the year being fit take him into the field and permit him to range but still in obedience to your command But if through wantonness he chance to babble or open without cause you must then correct him sharply either with a Whipcord-lash or biting him hard at the Roots of his Ears Having brought him to a good temper and just obedience then as soon as you see him come upon the Haunt of any Partridge which you shall know by his greater eagerness in hunting as also by a kind of whimpering and whining in his voice being very desirous to open but not daring you shall speak to him bidding him take heed or the like but if notwithstanding he either rush in and spring the Partridge or opens and so the Partridge escapeth you must then correct him severely and cast him off again and let him hunt in some haunt where you know a Covy lies and see whether he hath mended his fault And if you catch any with your Nets give him the Heads Necks and Pinions for his future encouragement Many more observations there are which are too numerous here to recite wherefore I shall desist and give you an account of a Water-dog and so finish this present Discourse How to train a WATER-DOG and the use thereof I Shall begin with the best proportion of a Water-dog and first of his colour Although some do attribute much to the colour yet experience lets us know they are uncertain observations To proceed then your Dog may be any colour and yet excellent but chuse him of Hair long and curled not loose and shagged his Head must be round and curled his Ears broad and hanging his Eye full lively and quick his Nose very short his Lip Hound-like his Chaps with a full set of strong Teeth his Neck thick and short his Breast sharp his Shoulders broad his Fore-legs straight his Chine square his Buttocks round his Belly gaunt his Thighs brawny c. For the training this Dog you cannot begin too soon with him and therefore as soon as he can lap you must teach him to couch and lie down not daring to stir from that posture without leave Observe in his first teaching to let him eat nothing till he deserve it and let him have no more Teachers Feeders Cherishers or Correctors but one and do not alter that word you first use in his information for the Dog takes notice of the sound not the language When you have acquainted him with the word suitable to his Lesson you must then teach him to know the word of Reprehension which at first should not be used without a Jerk