2§ Hare Hunting, 



than on the Continent ; for in moil of then^ 

 there are no Foxes, who deftroy both them 

 and their young, neither eagles, who infefl 

 large mountains rather than fmall ones, and 

 the ifland mountains are generally fmall. 



And Hunters feldom frequent the unin- 

 habited illands, and the inhabitants of the 

 others are few, and in general not lovers of 

 Hunting, and it is not permitted to carry 

 dogs into the facred iflands i few Hares, 

 therefore, being destroyed, and others con- 

 tinually bred, there muft neceffarily be 

 abundance of them. 



Their eyefight is by no means fharp ; for 

 their eyes project, and their eyelids arefhort, 

 and not fufficient to protedt the ball, on 

 which account their eyefight is weak and 

 indiflind:. 



Add to this, that the quantity of fleep 

 this animal takes is by no means beneficial 

 to the fight, and the fwiftnefs of its pace 

 contributes greatly to dazzle it, for flie 

 pafies fwiftly by every objed; before Ihe dif- 

 covers what it is. 



When fhe is purfued, the fear of the 

 dogs and hunters takes av/ay her prefenceof 



mind. 



