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they breed often, otherwife I cannot account 

 for the plenty there are. 



The Does bring two, and frequently 

 but on^. I have feen three, but very rare. 

 I once difcourfed as arrant a Pot-hunter as 

 ever England bred, that lived on the bor- 

 ders of South Wales, and had not fcrupled 

 to kill a Buck or Doe at any feafon for fifty 

 years together, who affirmed he never faw 

 or killed a female Hare that had, or gave 

 fuck to three, in his life. 



The Doe makes choice of fome thick 

 dry brake, high grafs, clover, or ftanding 

 corn, to kindle in ; her paps come for- 

 warder under her belly than almoft any 

 quadruped ; fhe does not long fuckle her 

 young I if fhe did, and had many, the udder 

 would be drawn too big, and lie inconve- 

 nient in running, She brings forth different 

 from the Coney, her offspring being com- 

 pletely furred and quick-fighted the in- 

 llant they are dropped. 



It is a remark at the death of a Leveret, 

 if there are white hairs on the forehead, 

 there is another of the fame breed j I have 

 {t^n three found by the harveft-men near 

 of a fi^e, and not one of them had a flar ; 



where- 



