470 GOLDEN EAGLE. 



districts or high lands of the interior, where they prefer living. They 

 are easily caught with snares, or run down by fleet dogs during deep 

 snows. Being a true Hare, it has a form, to which it returns on being 

 chased. 



While at Newfoundland, I procured a remarkably large Hare, which 

 has been described by Dr Richardson under the name of Lepus glaci- 

 alis. The greater part of its hair was of a fine pearl-grey colour above, 

 and white beneath. The ears were black at the extremities, and perhaps 

 those parts remain so at all seasons. The tread of its hind foot measured 

 fully three inches in width, when the toes were extended. The head was 

 much longer and more curved in its frontal line, than in any other hare that 

 I have seen. The flesh was white, tender, and excellent eating. The ani- 

 mal weighed 7^ lb. avoirdupois. The species is rather common at New- 

 foundland, but I could not ascertain its habits. The feet are in great re- 

 quest in the manufacturing districts for the use of hatters, who employ it 

 for smoothing the pile of their fabric. 



