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have no wood to gnaw. In the same manner, we 

 find that bears, and other savage animals, are subject 

 to the protrusion of horny parts ; such as the inordi- 

 nate growth of their claw r s, as well as their teeth or 

 fangs. To secure hare warrens from the enemies 

 such as stoats, weasels, ferrets, polecats, badgers, 

 foxes, &c. of these defenceless animals, they should 

 be walled round. Mr. Beckford's (the sporting 

 writer's, not the anti-sporting preserver's) directions 

 for a hare warren are these : A wood of nearly thirty 

 acres, cut into many w r alks, set with traps, and 

 sown with parsley, which will induce the hare to 

 keep at home. A small warren should have but 

 one walk in it : and no dog be permitted to enter it. 

 When, as the seasons close, the hares become shy of 

 the traps from having often been caught, it will be 

 necessary to drive them in with spaniels, &c. The 

 geographical range of the hare is great ; its varieties, 

 in consequence, are numerous : the Alpine hare ; the 

 Baikal hare ; the changing hare, that of Brazil ; the 

 Cape; of North America; are among them, the 

 minute hare of Chili being the most diminutive, and 

 said to be little bigger than the mole ; it is reported 

 to be fine eating, and is called by the Chilians, " cuy." 



