HUNTING HARES. 



NSTEAD of coursing hares as they do in 

 : England and on the Continent, we either 

 take them in snares and traps, or rous- 

 ing them with a dog, shoot them as they 

 make off. They are easily killed, and it 

 will require but a few pellets of partridge- 

 shot to bring a large one to bag. 



They possess a strong scent, and perplex 

 the dogs very much when in pursuit of 

 partridges : the best of dogs can hardly 



refrain from chasing a hare, after pointing it and seeing it jump 

 up and make off from before his very nose. They lie very close, 

 and it will be necessary oftentimes to kick them up from their 

 form when the dog points them; we have done so repeatedly. 

 Hares affect marshy thickets, or rather the open fields adjoin- 

 ing thickets ; as they retire to these situations for refuge as soon 

 as roused, and in fact remain there during the greater portion of 

 the day. They bound along with considerable speed and gene- 

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