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girdling from ten to twenty feet, and it is no unusual 

 occurrence to find a dozen, or even more, of these 

 pretty little creatures in the same retreat. This species 

 is almost unknown in Canada. 



The sportsman, wishing to make a bag of them, 

 should use very small shot, say No. 7, for they require 

 but slight injury to prevent their escape. The season 



SWAMP HARES. 



of the year in which the greatest reward for his 

 exertions will be obtained, is in early spring, par- 

 ticularly if the ground retains a covering of snow, 

 with a bright warm sun overhead. In the valley of 

 the Wabash on such a day I have frequently killed 

 over fifty in an afternoon. In the State of Missouri, 

 near Brookfield, I have been equally successful. In 



