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study in the psychology of memory. We carry away with us a vivid 

 recollection of some incident, and in recalling the scene unconsciously 

 fill in details of the mental picture from the imagination. It is now 

 clear that the indignant senior was the Master and no other ; also 

 that there is nothing impossible in any of the Cropper details. 



The following notes from H. E. Cooke really belong to Mother 

 Hunt's time, but they are of interest at this point as showing what a 

 hare can do, and the second especially, in connection wuth the Clare 

 episode, as showing how she can climb ivy. 



Memoranda by H. K. Cooke 



One day an unusual incident took place. During a good run in 

 the Waterbeach country the hare crossed a long straight road. The 

 scent being catchy, Hunt holloa'd to Cooke (one of the Whips) to run 

 down the road and endeavour to view the hare. Cooke did so, and 

 having run about three-quarters of a mile down the road he viewed 

 the hare, very much beaten, coming slowly across a rough grass 

 meadow straight towards him. As Cooke heard hounds running he 

 did not holloa, but hid behind the hedge and watched the hare's 

 movements. She continued slowly in her course in a straight line 

 till she got to within 60 yards of the road, when she turned round 

 and ran back on her own line about 50 yards, squatted for a 

 moment, and then made five tremendous leaps, as shown in this 

 diagram. 



In a few minutes hounds came in sight running pretty hard to 

 the point where the hare turned back and flashed right over the 

 road. Quite possibly the hare might have eluded her pursuers, but 

 unluckily for her a tail hound put her up, and the pack catching a 

 view, killed her in the same field. 



This episode can be vouched for, and may be interesting as 

 showing what hares can do by subterfuge. I believe this is not an 

 isolated instance, but a hare is not often seen performing such a 

 trick. 



