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on the contrary, is a social, frolicsome, bold or ratlier pert little 

 animal. 



8. The hind-legs of the Lepus sylvaticus are -very long, and 

 formed like those of the European hare, and are consequently quite 

 different from those of the rabbit. 



9. The Lepus sylvaticus, when pursued by dogs, trusts in a great 

 measure to her speed for safety, and resorts to the same devices to 

 insure her escape (that is, doubling} as the English variety. 



10. The rabbit, on the contrary, takes to her burrow as her only 

 safeguard. 



11. The flesh of the hare, when boiled, is dark ; that of the 

 rabbit, white 



12. The hare is almost entirely a nocturnal animal; the raboic 

 but little so. 



