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that some twenty-five or thirty white-tailed jack- 

 rabbits were feeding upon the corn that was ac- 

 cidentally spilt by the farmer in the morning. 

 They seemed to take turns jumping about on 

 the snow and eating corn while others remained 

 on the alert and watched. If one came too near 

 the other gave him a kick with one of his long 

 hind legs or a bite at his great ears. Jack-rab- 

 bits as a rule are solitary animals. It is seldom 

 that more than two or three are ever seen to- 

 gether. 



The hot winds of the previous fall had de- 

 stroyed much of the vegetation and the jack- 

 rabbits had suffered in consequence along with 

 other wild vegetable-feeding animals of the plains. 

 Thus hunger had driven them to be sociable at 

 least once in their lives. 



In the spring a strange jack-rabbit visited the 

 vicinity that White-Jack had silently claimed as 

 her own. They were often seen in company 

 and once were seen together in her home beneath 

 the plum-thicket. It was late in May. White- 

 Jack's fur was now of a yellowish color. She 

 had not been seen about for several days. On 

 investigation it was found there were three little 



