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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  EDITORIAL 
  GLEANINGS. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  publishers, 
  Adam 
  and 
  Charles 
  Black, 
  

   three 
  useful 
  books 
  of 
  reference 
  for 
  1905. 
  They 
  are 
  the 
  well-known 
  

   ' 
  Who's 
  Who,' 
  ' 
  Who's 
  Who 
  Year 
  Book,' 
  and 
  ' 
  The 
  Englishwoman's 
  

   Year 
  Book 
  and 
  Directory.' 
  The 
  first-named 
  volume 
  contains 
  over 
  

   seventeen 
  thousand 
  biographical 
  pars. 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  is 
  made 
  up 
  of 
  the 
  

   tables 
  which 
  were 
  formerly 
  contained 
  in 
  ' 
  Who's 
  Who 
  ' 
  itself 
  ; 
  while 
  

   the 
  third 
  contains 
  much 
  useful 
  information, 
  which, 
  if 
  seldom 
  wanted, 
  

   is 
  at 
  least 
  seldom 
  to 
  be 
  found. 
  

  

  Does 
  the 
  Hare 
  breed 
  in 
  Confinement 
  ! 
  — 
  Darwin, 
  having 
  made, 
  with 
  

   his 
  wonted 
  diligence, 
  all 
  the 
  researches 
  he 
  could 
  on 
  the 
  subject, 
  gives 
  

   this 
  answer 
  to 
  the 
  question 
  : 
  — 
  " 
  The 
  Common 
  Hare, 
  when 
  confined, 
  

   has, 
  I 
  believe, 
  never 
  bred 
  in 
  Europe 
  ; 
  although, 
  according 
  to 
  a 
  recent 
  

   statement, 
  it 
  has 
  crossed 
  with 
  the 
  Rabbit." 
  (' 
  Animals 
  and 
  Plants 
  

   under 
  Domestication,' 
  vcl. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  152.) 
  We 
  have 
  now 
  received 
  from 
  

   Mr. 
  Thomas 
  Thompson, 
  of 
  Winlaton 
  House, 
  Winlaton, 
  the 
  following 
  

   most 
  interesting 
  letter 
  on 
  the 
  subject 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  In 
  your 
  notes 
  of 
  21st 
  inst. 
  you 
  stated 
  Hares 
  would 
  not 
  breed 
  in 
  

   confinement. 
  I 
  was 
  pretty 
  certain 
  you 
  were 
  mistaken, 
  but, 
  to 
  be 
  sure, 
  

   I 
  wrote 
  to 
  my 
  friend 
  Mr. 
  Mann, 
  of 
  Aigle 
  Gill, 
  Cumberland, 
  from 
  whom 
  

   I 
  received 
  a 
  most 
  interesting 
  letter 
  this 
  morning, 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  which 
  

   please 
  find 
  herewith 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  ' 
  Aigle 
  Gill, 
  Nov. 
  23rd, 
  1904. 
  

  

  'Mr. 
  Thompson. 
  Dear 
  Sir, 
  — 
  I 
  am 
  much 
  obliged 
  for 
  your 
  letter 
  

   and 
  paper 
  (Newcastle 
  " 
  Journal 
  ") 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  Hares 
  breeding. 
  

   We 
  were 
  cutting 
  a 
  field 
  of 
  oats 
  on 
  Aug. 
  18th, 
  1900, 
  when 
  I 
  picked 
  up 
  

   two 
  leverets, 
  just 
  about 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  days 
  old, 
  and 
  brought 
  them 
  home. 
  

   They 
  were 
  fed 
  at 
  first 
  with 
  milk 
  from 
  a 
  spoon, 
  and 
  afterwards 
  with 
  

   bread 
  soaked 
  in 
  milk. 
  They 
  throve 
  and 
  grew 
  well, 
  living 
  in 
  a 
  box 
  for 
  

   some 
  time, 
  but 
  were 
  afterwards 
  turned 
  into 
  the 
  wire-run 
  in 
  which 
  you 
  

   have 
  seen 
  them, 
  the 
  run 
  beiug 
  about 
  fifteen 
  feet 
  by 
  six 
  feet. 
  The 
  doe 
  

   produced 
  three 
  young 
  ones 
  in 
  1901, 
  a 
  two 
  and 
  one. 
  Next 
  year 
  she 
  

   had 
  two 
  young 
  again 
  at 
  two 
  different 
  times. 
  In 
  1903 
  she 
  had 
  four 
  

   young 
  at 
  three 
  times. 
  

  

  