26 Hare Huntings 



on level ground ; if they find any uneven 

 ground they run over it in an irregular man- 

 ner, but very feldom run down hill. 



When they are purfued they are moft 

 confpicuous as they go over plowed land, 

 if they have any red about them, and 

 through ftubbles, on account of their re- 

 ceding the rays of light : they are alfb 

 confpicuous in paths and highways, if they 

 happen to be level ; for then whatever is 

 bright about them appears. They are leaft 

 vifible when they fly to rocks, mountains, 

 rough places, and thick woods, on account 

 of the famenefs of the color. 



If they perceive the dogs firfl they ftop, 

 and, fitting on their breech, raife them- 

 felves up, and liften if they can hear any 

 noife or opening of the dogs near them, 

 and then turn from the place where they 

 hear it. 



But if they hear nothing, then of their 

 own accord they will return by the * fame 



* Wxox TO. xvrx, oix Twv ccvri^v. Ariian has borrowed this 

 exprefiion to defcribe the method of beating for a Hare 



ill coarilng. 



way 



