THE HARE. 



THIS animal, whose form and hue are so well known, 

 has many enemies. Quadrupeds and birds of prey are 

 numbered among them, while man often amuses him- 

 self by the chase, which fills it with terror, and 

 terminates its life. True, indeed, are the well-known 

 words 



" Poor is the triumph o'er the timid hare ! 

 Yet vain her best precaution, though she sits 

 Concealed, with folded ears, unsleeping eyes, 

 By nature raised to take the horizon in, 

 And head concealed betwixt her hairy feet, 

 In act to spring away." 



We will not describe the cruel pastimes of hunting 

 or coursing the hare. Her danger is constant, though 

 she has eyes which are so prominent that they can see 

 all around ; ears which are moveable, and can catch a 

 distant sound, and feet endued with extraordinary swift- 

 ness. Still 



