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Tame hares. 



itself in, and swim to some rushes in the middle; 

 where it lay down, and concealed itself from the 

 pursuit of the dogs. It is remarkable that hares, 

 however frequently pursued, seldom leave the 

 place where they were brought forth, or that in 

 which they usually sit; but may be commonly 

 found, after a long and severe chase, in the same 

 place the day following. 



These animals are perfectly gentle, and even 

 susceptible of education. They do not often, 

 however, become perfectly domestic; for, even 

 when taken young, brought up in the house, and 

 accustomed to kindness and attention, they no 

 sooner arrive at a certain age, than they gene- 

 rally seize the first opportunity of recovering 

 their liberty. 



Dr. Townson, when at Gottingen, took so 

 much pains with a young hare, as to render it 

 jnore familiar than these animals commonly are. 

 In the evenings it soon became so frolicsome, as 

 to run and jump about his spia and bed: some- 

 times in its play it would leap upon him, and pat 

 him with its fore-feet; or, while he was reading, 

 even knock the book out of his hand. But 

 whenever a stranger entered the room, it always 

 exhibited symptoms of alarm. 



Mr. Borlase saw a hare that was so familiar as 

 to feed from the hand, lie under a chair in a com- 

 mon sitting-room> and appear in every other 

 respect as easy and contented in its situation as 

 a lap-dog. It sometimes went out into the gar- 

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