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on the contrary, is a social, frolicsome, bold or rather pert little 

 animal. 



8. The hind-legs of the Lepus sylvaticus are very long, and 

 formed like those of the European hare, and are consequently quite 

 different from those of the rabbit. 



9. The Lepus sylvaticus, when pursued by dogs, trusts in a great 

 measure to her speed for safety, and resorts to the same devices to 

 insure her escape (that is, doubling) as the English variety. 



10. The rabbit, on the contrary, takes to her burrow as her only 

 safeguard. 



11. The flesh of the hare, when boiled, is dark ; that of the 

 rabbit, white. 



12. The hare is almost entirely a nocturnal animal ; the rabbit 

 but little so. 



