ON SURREY HILLS. 



would not have the least objection to kill and eat 

 these if they could only get the chance. The upshot 

 of it all is that it gets too warm for Reynard's com- 

 fort, and he makes tracks for a quieter neighbour- 

 hood. If he takes across the park-lands, all the 

 rooks that are feeding there will follow and buffet 

 him until he reaches cover. It is not always like 

 this, however. He hides himself so cunningly, as 

 a rule, that all prospers with his manoeuvres. For 

 one thing, he takes the greatest care to prevent the 

 wind from blowing his peculiar odour in the direction 

 of the creatures he is bent on capturing. 



The hare may have dried his long hind -feet, so 

 beautifully clothed with hair, to his complete satis- 

 faction, and he thinks he will now devote a little time 

 to his ears, face, and coat in general. For this pur- 

 pose he brings his handy fore -feet into use, with 

 which he also boxes to perfection, when he has any 

 slight difference to settle with a rival. It is a most 

 interesting and amusing sight to see a hare perform 

 his toilet. First the long ears are adroitly man- 

 ipulated, then the face, and those most important 

 features of use and adornment, the whiskers, the 

 sensitive tips of which tell him to a nicety whether 



