p. 43.
T.H. KERSLEY.
King William's College, Isle of Man.
_Harefinder_ (Vol. ii., p. 216.).--The following lines from Drayton's
_Polyolbion_, Song 23., sufficiently illustrates this term:--
"The man whose vacant mind prepares him to the sport
The _Finder_ sendeth out, to seeke out nimble _Wat_,--
Which crosseth in the field, each furlong every flat,
Till he this pretty beast upon the form hath found:
Then viewing for the course which is the fairest ground,
The greyhounds forth are brought, for coursing then in case,
And, choycely in the slip, one leading forth a brace;
The Finder puts her up, and gives her coursers' law,"
&c.
In the margin, at the second line, are the words, _The Harefinder_. What
other instances are there of _Wat_, as a name of the hare? It does not
occur in the very curious list in the _Reliquiae Antiquae_, i. 133.
K.
_Fool or a Physician--Rising and Setting Sun_ (Vol. i., p. 157.).--The
inquiry of your correspondent C. FORBES, respecting the authorship of
the two well-known sayings on these subjects, seems to have received no
reply.
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