134 Different Sorts 



the end fo vaftly diftended, as to require 

 a much larger fpace than is affigned for the 

 purpofe, the chefl: therefore is fafhioned to 

 receive more breath, or give the lungs 

 more room to perform their office, almofl 

 than any creature. 



Take notice of the back, how ftraight, and 

 rather long for covering more ground in 

 running, and well filleted or double- reined, 

 forflrength in the performance. 



The fcut fhort and high, haunches wide, 

 large and finewy, legs ftraight and propor- 

 tionably long, with fuch feet no creature in 

 the animal creation can boafl. Now I have 

 mentioned the feet, permit me to obferve a 

 common notion, I might fay an error, there 

 being feveral egregious ones about Hares ; 

 but the following, I don't doubt you have 

 not only heard but read of | and that is, if 

 you afic feveral Sportfmen, why a low-land 

 enclofure, or marfh Hare, endures not 

 Hunting fo long as the hilly or up-land 

 Hare, the anfwer frequently is, that the 

 former generally fill themfelves too full of 

 pafture before they form, and that, by fre- 

 quent treading on the foft turf and moift 



paths. 



