'144 Ferfe5iio7is of the Hare, 



no eyes backwards. True, but Ihe has ears 

 that anfwer the purpofe. 



I have heard it confidently maintained by 

 feveral, and have read in Authors, who 

 were more Huntfmen in fpeculation than 

 pradiice, that a Hare's ears lead the way 

 when Ihe is hunted: " With one," (fay 

 they,) " flie hearkeneth to the cry of the 

 ** Hounds, and the other ftretched forth 

 *' like a fail, to promote her courfe." Ri- 

 diculous notion ! Whenever fhe pricks 

 her ears an end, or draws one a-part or more 

 forward than the other, it is to hearken more 

 diilind; and nice on that lide the forwardefl 

 ear is, and not like a fail to promote her 

 courfe. 



Had nature defigned any fmgular aid to 

 her feet from flretching forth the ears, fhe 

 would have fupplied her with two pair; 

 one to lie fiat on the fhoulders for listening, 

 whilft {hQ failed by the other; and fhe never 

 would have more occafion for both than 

 when feverely courfed, at which time the 

 ears ihe has may be obferved to lie flat on her 

 neck ; and though flie is obliged, on this 

 occauon, to play all her tricks to efcape, to 



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