THE HISPID HARE. 



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strange, dowdy little creature, in form resembling more the 

 wild rabbit than the hare, and it is found only in the north of 

 Dacca, through the Muddoopoor jungles, up into Assam and 

 the " Terai." It has a bristly coat, short fore-legs, small ears 

 like those of rats, a thick dumpy body, and is of retiring 

 habits ; lastly, it is unfit for the table, and is not worth shoot- 

 Ing, except as a curiosity; nor does it give greyhounds the 

 chance of a course, sticking as it does to thick coverts. 



