154 Perfedfions of the Hare, 



wherefore I am inclined to believe it a vul- 

 gar error. 



Three Leverets were the moft in number 

 I ever faw, that in appearance were the 

 fame kindling. I have heard among Sportf- 

 men (remarkable for the marvellous) of fix 

 or (tvQVL young ones at once, but, from 

 fuch ffcrangers to truth, I never could bring 

 myfelf to credit it. A certain Baronet, 

 long lince dead, delighted in getting a fet 

 of Huntfmen and Fifhermen together, than 

 both of whom there are not greater liars 

 under the canopy of Heaven, purely for 

 the fatisfadiion of out-lying them. 



It is a received opinion among Natura- 

 lifls, that a Hare feldom lives above (tw&n 

 years, efpecially the Buck, and that when 

 either is killed, another comes and occupies 

 the place ; whence happens the Proverb, 

 ^he more Hares you killy the more you will 

 have to hunt -, for when Buck and Doe live 

 undiilurbed together a little tim.e, they fuf- 

 fer no flranger to refide within their li- 

 mits *. 



There 



* I am furprized the Author did not here introduce the no- 

 tion, mentioned by Xenophon, and confirmed by Pliny, of 



Hares 



