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vex, I do not pretend to determine. Ocu- 

 iifls fay, fuch eyes, at proper difliances, fee 

 objed:s (in proportion to the degree of con- 

 vexity) more perfect and large than thofe 

 lefs convex -, or if the eyes fuffer damage, 

 by being expofed night and day to dufls and 

 infedts, becaufe the Hds do not cover them 

 completely, I know not ; but be what will 

 the caufe, it is certain, Hares do not fee fo 

 perfed: before as fide-ways, or aflant. 



And indeed. Nature in fome meafure has 

 compenfated this want, and iikewife that of 

 hearing, by a moft incomparable (tn^Q of 

 fmellins: : I do not mean the fort of fmell- 

 ing peculiar to Hounds, but a fpecies that 

 Sportfmen term winding j being that qua- 

 lity, when a Dog holds up his nofe, which 

 he winds carrion by, or a fpringing Spaniel 

 the bird when fliot : a Hare has this talent 

 in nice perfection. Take your fland in a 

 mofl private corner, if ihe has the wind, 

 you will feldom fee her but at a diftance ; 

 and though you may happen to fpy her far 

 off, making boldly towards you, mark her, 

 in due time fhe will break the road, and 

 take fome other track. Yet I muil obferve, 

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