HARE-HUNTING iii 



Hares are most dangerous to follow." The 

 habits noted by the naturalist-sportsmen of 

 this period are as wonderful, and bespeak as 

 much observation, with almost as excellent 

 results, as those given by certain writers on 

 natural history of our own day ; for instance, 

 we are told of the hare : "Her ears lead 

 her the way in her chase, for with one of 

 them she hearkeneth to the cry of the dogs, 

 and the other she stretches forth like a sail 

 to hasten her course." . . . "Tho' their 

 sight be dim, yet have they visw7i indefes- 

 sum." . . . "When they watch they shut their 

 Eyes, when they sleep they open them." , . . 

 In these good old times they used the correct 

 terms for all the proceedings of the chase, and 

 for every habit and description of each and 

 several kind of beast they had the appro- 



