of Hares. \ij 



iionally talks of a Hare, but fpeaks In the 

 feminine gender, and ufes the epithets Her 

 or She. The Greeks fometimes called the 

 Hare AaQ/w'os, for his immoderate luft -, at 

 other times ITtwI, implying extraordinary 

 fear. The Latins, Lepus quaft kvipes, or 

 Lightfoot, denoting fwiftnefs of feet. 



As to any real difference in the fpecies *, 

 I confefs myfelf no judge 5 I always found 

 they correfponded in fhape and fimilarity j 

 but to exceed, like other creatures, in fize 

 and abilities, which I conceive proceeds 

 from nothing more than their difference of 

 feed and fituation, and may be ranged under 

 the few diftindtions of the down Hare, the 

 field or enclofure Hare, the marfhy and 

 woodland Hare. 



The mountain or down Hares feed fhort 

 and fweet, breathe a fine air and enjoy an ex- 



♦ Xenophon fays, '* There are two fpecies of Hares, 

 •'one large, mottled with black, and a great deal of white 

 " in the forehead ; the other lefs, of a yellowifh colour, and 

 "' having little white." He alfo obferves, that ♦* moun- 

 '■* tain Hares are the fwiftell, thofu bred in a plain country, 

 '* iefs fo, and marlh Hares the floweftof any." 



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