llS Different Sorts 



tenlive compafs for exerclfe ; they are found 

 to excel in flrength or celerity, and ftand a 

 hunt longer than any Hares. In dry fea- 

 fons they commonly make excurlions into 

 the vales for diverlion and relief, and I have 

 remarked myfelf, and have learned from 

 Shepherds and Hare-finders, (by fome Wags 

 not unjuftly called* MyoperSy) that Hares 

 are never more plenty on the hills than in 

 wet weather -, the reafon of which is plain, 

 they feed, form, and exercife on drier turf 

 than the vallies afford. 



Every Down Hare has a multitude of 

 feats, which (as the weather diredts) ilie 

 changes from time to time, and from prac- 

 tice to fome innate principle, returns to 

 again, provided ihe quitted on her own ac- 

 cord and undifturbed. 



The enclofure, marfhy, or woodland 

 Plares are experienced to be flower, weaker, 

 and more unfit to endure hard hunting than 

 the down Hares, the fituation and manner 

 of their living being oppofite : they reheve 

 on too rank llrong food, and that too near 



* From Mvii^, winking the eyes, q. d, iwm uwx^' 



their 



