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hatchets. Thus we fee how difadvanta- 

 geous the ignorance and inconfiderate con- 

 tempt of ufeful arts is. Happy is the 

 country which knows their full value ! 



"January the 5th. Christmas-day 

 was celebrated this day by the Swedes and 

 Englifi, for they kept then to the old Jiile. 



January the 6th. There are a great 

 number of hares in this country, but they 

 differ from our Swedijh ones in their fize, 

 which is very fmall, and but little bigger 

 than that of a rabbit ; they keep almoft 

 the fame grey colour both in fummer and 

 winter, which our Northern hares have m 

 fummer only j the tip of their ears is al- 

 ways grey, and not black ; the tail is like- 

 wife grey on the upper fide, at all feafons ; 

 they breed feveral times a year : in fpring 

 they lodge their young ones in hollow 

 trees, and in fummer, in the months of 

 June and July, they breed in the grafs. 

 When they are furprifed they commonly 

 take refuge in hollow trees, out of which 

 they are taken by means of a crooked Mick, 

 or by cutting a hole into the tree, oppofite 

 to the place where they lie ; or by fmoke, 

 which is occafioned by making a fire on 

 the outfide of the tree. On alfthefe occa- 

 fions the greyhounds mull be at hand. 

 Thefe hares never bite, and can be touched 

 without any danger. In day-time they 



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