A HARE IN THE SNOW 



later. The man and his child lived on ; their descen- 

 dants still make their homes within sight of the pleasant 

 South Downs. And it is a curious fact that in that 

 family a hare is looked upon as poisonous or unwhole- 

 some food ; to this day not a man or woman of the 

 blood will partake of it. 



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