330 lewis' AMERICAN SPORTSMAN". 



5. The young of the Lepus Sylvaticus, as the foreign Hare, 

 are covered with hair at birth, their eyes open, and their limbs 

 strong enough for immediate action. 



6. The young of the true Rabbit are quite bare of hair; 

 when first brought forth, their eyes are closed, and their limbs 

 tender and weakly. 



7. The American Hare is a lonely, timid creature ; the Rab- 

 bit, on the contrary, is a social, frolicsome, bold, or rather 

 pert little animal. 



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

 formed like those of the European Hare, and consequently 

 quite different from those of the Rabbit. 



0. 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 

 varietv. 



10. The Rabbit, on the contrary, takes to her burrow as ber 

 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 

 Rabbit but little so. 



