Class I. HARE. 1£5 



parts, would be frustrating the chief design of 

 this work ; that of pointing out the Divine Wis- 

 dom in the animal world. 



Being a weak and most defenceless creature, it 

 is endued, in a very distinguished degree, with 

 that preserving passion, fear ; this makes it per- 

 petually attentive to every alarm, and keeps it 

 always lean. To enable it to receive the most 

 distant notices of dangers, it is provided with 

 very long ears, which (like the tubes made use 

 of by the deaf) convey to it the remotest sounds. 

 Its eyes are very large and prominent, adapt- 

 ed to receive the rays of light on all sides. 

 To assist it to escape its pursuers by a speedy 

 flight, the hind legs are formed remarkably 

 long, and furnished with strong muscles ; their 

 length gives the hare singular advantages over 

 its enemies in ascending steep places ; and so 

 sensible is the animal of this, as always to make 

 towards the rising ground when started. As it 

 lies always upon the ground, its feet are pro- 

 tected above and below with a thick and warm , .. 

 covering of hair. The various stratagems and 

 doubles it uses, when hunted, are so well known 

 to every sportsman, as not to deserve mention, 

 except to awaken their attention to those facul- 

 ties nature has endowed it with ; which serve 



