by ſtreams, on rocks, or in woods. When the Hare is moved there ſhould be no hollowing, leſt the dogs, being made [1] too eager, ſhould be hardly brought to find the ſcent.
When they are found and purſued, they will croſs ſtreams, or double, or hide themſelves in deep vallies, and roll themſelves up; for they are not only afraid of dogs, but of eagles, for they will ſometimes carry off Hares under a year old as they paſs over [2] high and expoſed places; but larger ones are only taken by the purſuit of dogs.
The mountain Hares are ſwifteſt, thoſe bred in a plain country leſs ſo, but the marſh Hares are the ſloweſt of any. Thoſe who wander in all places are the moſt difficult to purſue, for they know the neareſt ways. They generally run up hill, [3] or
- ↑ Ἔκφρονες γιγνόμενος. Literally "becoming mad." This direction is one of the canons of modern Hare Hunting.
- ↑ Τὰ σιμὰ.
- ↑ The hind legs are formed remarkably long, and furniſhed with ſtrong muſcles; their length gives the Hare a ſingular advantage over its enemies in aſcending ſteep places, and ſo ſenſible is the animal of this advantage, as always to make towards the riſing ground when ſtarted—Pennant's Britiſh Zoology.
