126 Different Sorts 



The Hebrews call the Hare* Arnebethy 

 which being feminine, poffefled the gene- 

 rality with a notion no Hares were mafcu- 

 line; and the opinion fo much prevailed, that 

 to this day not one man in a thoufand Qcca- 



* JlIlJ"1i^, the Hare, from Pflh} to crop^ and yi the 

 produce of the earth t thefe animals being very remarkable 

 for deltroying the fruits of the earth. The learned Bo- 

 CHART, who gives this interpretation of the word, excel- 

 lently defends it, by fhewing, from hiflory, that thefe ani- 

 mals have, at different times, defolated the iflands of Aftypa- 

 lasa. Lens, and Carpathus. To this account, for the fake 

 of the learned Reader, I fhall add the following elegant 

 lines concerning thefe animals, from Bargeus Cygneget,, lib. 

 iir. by which it appears they are great devourers of all kind 

 of herbs and veget;ib;es ; 



" Decerpunt laeti turgentia gramina campi, 

 •*■ Et culmos fegetum, et fibras tellure repofta* 

 *' Herbarum, et lento morfus in cortice figunt 

 *' Arboris, atque udos attondent undique libros; 

 «* Nee parcunt llrato pomarum, aut glandis acervo, 

 "" Aut viciae, aut milio, aut procerae frondibus ulmij 

 *' Prsclpue gratae fylveftria gramina mentha; 

 *' Quajque colunt riguas in culto Sy fimbria valles, 

 *' Et vaga ferpilla, et pulegi nobile gramen 

 •' Percipiunt."— Park HURST, Heb. Lex. 



I have been informed by a Gentleman of experience and 

 obfervation, that he has found Haws in the droppings of 

 Haies during hard weather, 



fionally 



