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Notice of a remarkable Hare, 



sized cylinders, which surround the principal trunk, now 

 diminished into a very small vessel, accompanying each other 

 in their course down the arm, and dividing along with the 

 ulnar and radial arteries. The iliac artery, at the margin of 

 the pelvis, divides into upwards of twenty equal-sized cylin- 

 ders also, in the same manner as the subclavian. These 

 cylinders, in their course, are distributed to the muscles, each 

 muscle having a cylinder to itself; the trunks of the arteries 

 distributing themselves to the other parts, as in other animals. 



Art. III. Notice of a remarkable Hare (Lejt7M5 timidus L.), caught 

 at Durifanaghy in Donegal, By John V. Stewart, Esq. 



Sir, 

 The hare, of which the accompanying sketch (Jig, 84-.) is 

 a very correct representation, was caught by me in a snare. 



about three months ago ; and, as I am making a collection of 

 the beasts, birds, and insects indigenous to this country, and 

 take a great interest in subjects connected with zoology, I 

 have preserved it, and placed it in my museum. After I had 

 removed the skin, previously to stuffing it, the lump, which is 

 about the size of a hen's egg, remained attached to the throat 

 and sides of the neck, by a membrane which, surrounding it, 

 formed an internal bag within the skin. As this membranous 

 covering, and the skin surrounding it, were kept distended at 



