Hedgerow Life 
proach to their sensitive ears, and now 
it will be some time before they will 
venture to appear in the open again. If 
you stand quite motionless, taking care 
not to move, so that the vibration of the 
eround doesn’t tell them that we are still 
near, we may be able to hear them 
running about in their galleries below. 
Presently a pair of ears may be seen 
rising from the ground. In the sun- 
shine they look quite red from the blood 
which may be seen through the delicate 
thin skin. It isa very curious sight, this, 
and one I have often noticed. If you 
now stand quite still the animal will 
perhaps come right out, if it is young 
and inexperienced. If it is an old rabbit 
it will probably give a stamp with its 
hind feet, which is the rabbits’ danger- 
signal, and scuttle below as fast as it can. 
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