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property only of the rich and great; and inany expensive 

 establishments are kept np, for the express purpose of hunt- 

 ing them 



. " Detested Sport, 



That owes its pleasures to another's pain." 



All these animals arc herbivorous, and are exceedingly 

 swift of foot ; the species are not numerous, though widely 

 dispersed, but are most abundant in temperate climates; 

 their flesh is in considerable request by most European na- 

 tions, whilst the Arabians, Turks, and Persians, entirely 

 reject it. Some of the kinds burrow in the ground, others 

 form nests in the hollows or in the holes at the bottoms of 

 trees, and our native Hare nestles on the ground in a clump 

 of furze or dry grass. The skins of all the species are of 

 considerable value, the fur or down being a principal ingre- 

 dient in the composition of what are usually termed Beaver 

 hats. 



10. Hi/rax. Upper front teeth two, broad, distant, lower 

 four contiguous, broad, flat, notched; grinders large, 

 four on each side of each jaw; front feet four-toed, 

 hind feet three-toed; tail and clavicles wanting. 



This genus burrows in the ground, and feeds entirely on 

 vegetables ; they are of a cleanly active disposition, extremely 

 shy and timid, but when taken young, they soon become 

 tame; they generally associate in large communities. 



Order V. PECORA. 



front teeth in the upper jaw wanting; in the lower six or 

 sight, remote from the grinders ; feet hoofed ; teats ingui- 



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