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getting torn. On inquiring, I found that this hare 

 was well known by the residents, and from them 

 learned that it bred only once a year, generally pro- 

 ducing two at a birth ; and that the young at a very 

 early age follow their mother in her sundry aquatic 

 excursions in search of those delicate water plants that 

 form their staple food. 



