HARE,—Lepus timidus, 
temporary abode. Although she has no definite home, the Hare is strongly attached to 
her “form,” wherever it may be placed, and even if driven to a great distance by the 
hounds, contrives to regain her little domicile at the earliest opportunity. As the varying 
seasons of the year bring on their varied accompaniments of heat ag cold, rain and 
drought, or clouds and sunshine, the Hare changes the locality of her “form,” so as to be 
equally defended against the bitter frost and snows of winter, or the blazing rays of the 
noontide summer sun. 
In countries where the snow lies deep in winter, the Hare lies very comfortably under 
the white mantle which envelops the earth, in a little cave of her own construction. 
She does not attempt to leave her form as the snow falls heavily around her, but only 
presses it backward and forward by the movement of her body, so as to leave a small 
space between herself and the snow. By degrees the feathery flakes are formed into a 
kind of domed chamber, which entirely incloses the inhabitant, with the exception of ¢ 
little round hole which is preserved by her warm breath, and serves as a a cindes 
aperture. This air-hole is often the means of her destruction as well as of her safety, for 
the scent which issues from the aperture betrays her presence to the keen nostrils of the 
dogs which accompany the a solitary hare- hunter, and which are trained to search for 
these air-holes and stand sentinels over them until their master arrives and captures the 
hidden victim. 
When “preserved” in great numbers, the Hare is a most troublesome neighbour to 
the farmer, as it does great damage to the crops of all kinds, eating the tender blades of 
wheat almost as soon as they peep through the earth, invading the garden, and even 
destroying great quantities of young trees, by nibbling the green bark from the whole of 
