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mouth open, blows a little, and lolls his 

 tongue ; sometimes his tongue lolls out a 

 long way. In half an hour or so he gets his 

 " wind," then he draws in his tongue, shuts 

 his mouth, and keeps it tightly closed to 

 the end, while his nostrils are widely open. 

 He shows no outward sign of perspiration : 

 he does not "turn a hair," or lather; and, 

 however much he may get in water, his coat 

 never seems wet that is, saturated. Wet 

 does not adhere, as if the coat were oily. 



He goes direct at the thickest bushes, if 

 he comes to a hedge ; or, if it is a wall, to 

 the highest part, leaps on the top, and then 

 over. Now and then he will fly the wall at 

 a single leap. He will take places a man 

 can scarcely climb, always seeming to choose 

 the most difficult. Once now and then he 

 will leap gates, but generally goes through 

 the hedge or over the wall. If it should be 

 a gate, or hurdles, he goes up close to it till 



