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HARES.
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The Hare is an animal of extreme vigilance ;
its senses are very acute, its fleetness, in proportion
to its size, perhaps unrivalled. Were it other-
wise it must be soon exterminated, for it has no
power of defence, and no means of concealment,
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"except that of lying close among the russet herbage; while it has many enemies. Birds of prey pounce upon it; dogs pursue it eagerly; foxes, stoats, polecats, and weasels, prey upon it; but its worst foe is man, who even from remote times has counted the chace of the Hare among the most exciting of rural amusements. ‘ But, after all,” observes Mr. Bell on this subject,
'Poor is the triumph o’er the timid Hare ;
