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the agency of a single male hare existing in his menagerie; he 
has further been able to rear to the adult state a number of the 
elie or, rather, mules so obtained between the two species. 
were e both males and fe a apparently strong and well 
case of those hybrids between the ass and the horse in which the 
latter animal su e male) gives the predominant character to the 
offsprin 
with very omy aioe animals brought up aaa and enjoying a om 
tain liberty, ic shore confined in the hutch. It is of especial im- 
portance, in breeding with the male hare, to provide several fe- 
war; an 
with ease strangle fifty hares in one night. The — 
also, is not very productive, and ceases to bear after the t 
year. ; 
To sum up, therefore, we would affirm that Leporides exist un- 
doubtedly under both forms, with predominance of the hare or of 
the hare. sg —oneetineempte thing may be said of the hares 
reared in hutches ; ‘their flesh lacks flavor, and their multiplication 
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