150 PerfeSlions of the Hare, 



the head to be fteady and fixed, which is 

 the cafe with the Hare that runs fafl: ; at 

 other times fhe turns and manages her head 

 as £he pleafes. But, in an even pofiiure of 

 the body, the eyes appear fituated to fee 

 quickeft and beft full on each fide. Whence 

 it arifes, that the reafon a Hare, when 

 hunted or courfed, fees not fo clear diredlly 

 forward, is, that being chiefly intent and 

 apprehenfive of the danger behind, fhe em- 

 ploys all her fcnfes, all her judgment, to 

 efcape that danger; and, the m.ore effed:ually 

 to accomplifh it, depends not alone on the 

 ears, but, by endeavouring to fee it, flrains 

 her eyes as backward as poffible, according 

 to the degree of terror fhe is in ; infomuch, 

 that for want of a due proportion of the 

 eyes employed before, fhe becomes in a 

 manner blind to the enemy that lies fo ap- 

 parent. Any perfon may experience truths 

 of this fort that will caft his eyes upward, 

 downward, or from fide to fide ; he will 

 foon find, when he points them one way, 

 how imperfed: his fight is the other. 



Whether a Hare's eyes receive any incon- 

 veniency from being fo large, full, and con- 

 vex. 



