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selvct., a oure sign that no dangerous foe was 

 about, Rag began a new study. Molly, by 

 flattening her ears, gave the sign to squat. 

 Then she ran far away in the thicket and gave 

 the thumping signal for ' come.' Rag set out 

 at a run to the place but could not find Molly. 

 He thumped, but got no reply. Setting care- 

 fully about his search he found her foot-scent, 

 and following this strange guide, that the beasts 

 all know so well and man does not know at all, 

 he worked out the trail and found her where 

 she was hidden. Thus he got his first lesson in 

 trailing, and thus it was that the games of hide 

 and seek they played became the schooling for 

 the serious chase of which there was so much 

 in his after-life. 



Before that first season of schooling was over 

 he had learnt all the principal tricks by which 

 a rabbit lives, and in not a few problems showed 

 himself a veritable genius. 



He was an adept at *tree,* * dodge,' and 

 •squat;' he could play • log-lump' with * wind,' 

 and * baulk ' witn ' back-track ' so well that he 

 scarcely needed any other tricks. He had not 

 yet tried it, but he knew just how to play 

 •barb -wire,* which is a new trick of the brill, 

 lant order-, he had made a special study of 

 •sand,* which burns up all scent, and he was 



