THE HUNTED CUB 



that of either hare or deer. Here again the 

 limitation of his mind is his undoing. I have 

 often seen a hunted hare lie absolutely still, even 



on bare ground, with hounds all round her ; and 

 on one occasion with a pack of beagles, one of the 

 hounds actually trod on the hare. Now a hunted 



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