Harefinder

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 Harefi…