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severely. When you think the dog has re- 

 ceived sufficient correction, uncouple him, 

 and I conceive he will never run after sheep 



again. 



(GAME. 



THE HARE. 



ACCORDING to naturalists, the hare lives 

 seven or eight years, and attains its full 

 growth in one ; from the first year it engen- 

 ders almost at all seasons, and has no par- 

 ticular time for coupling with the female; 

 yet it is observable, that from the month of 

 December to the month of March the buck 

 seeks the doe more frequently, and about 

 that time the greatest number of leverets are 

 found : the doe goes with young thirty-one 

 days, and brings forth one, two, three, and 

 sometimes four^ young ones, which she kin- 



