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there asks his Matter, What is the Reafon, why 

 the Hare when fhe is near fpent makes up a 

 Hill ? The Matter anfwers, That Nature hath 

 made the hinder-legs of the Hare longer than 

 the Fore-legs 5 by which Means (lie climbs the 

 Hill with much more Eafe than the Dogs, whofe 

 Legs are of equal Length, and fo leaves the Dogs 

 behind her, and many Times efcapes away clear, 

 and faves her Life. This laft Obfervation, I 

 mutt confefs my felf to have borrowed out of 

 the Papers of my honoured Friend Mr. John 

 Aubrey^ which he was pleafed to give me a Sight 

 of. 



I might here ardd much concerning the Wiles 

 and Rufes, which thefe timid Creatures make 

 ufe of to fave themfelves, and efcape their Perfe- 

 cutors, but that I am fomewhat diffident of the 

 Truth of thofe Stories and Relations. I fhall only 

 aver what my felf have fometimes obferv*d of a 

 Duck, when clofely purfued by a Water-Dog ; 

 fhe not only dives to fave herfelf, (which yet (he 

 never does but when driven to an exigent, and 

 jutt ready to be caught, becaufe it is painful and 

 difficult to her) but when fhe comes up again, 

 brings not her whole Body above Water, but only 

 her Bill, and Part of her Head, holding the reft 

 underneath, that fo the Dog, who the mean time 

 turns round and looks about him, may not efpy 

 her, 'till fhe have recovered Breath. 



As for Sheep ^ which have no natural Wea- 

 pons* or Means to defend or fecure themfelves, 

 i;either Heels to run, nor Claws to dig ^ they are 



delivered 



