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sure of the earthwork and here and there upon the 
hills, which the sheep will not eat, so that it remains 
in matted masses. In this the hares make their forms ; 
and they must, somehow, have a trick of creeping into 
their places, since many of the grass-blades often arch 
over, and if they sprang into the form heedlessly this 
could not be the case, as their size and weight would 
crush it down. When startled by a passer-by the 
hare—unless there is a dog—goes off in a leisurely 
fashion, doubtless feeling quite safe in the length of 
his legs, and after getting a hundred yards or so sits 
upon his haunches and watches the intruder. Their 
‘runs’ or paths are rather broader than a rabbit’s, 
and straighter—the rabbit does not ramble so far from 
home; he has his paths across the meadow to the 
hedge on the other side, but no farther. The hare’s 
track may be traced for a great distance crossing the 
hills ; but while the roads are longer they are much 
fewer innumber. The rabbit makes a perfect network 
of ‘runs,’ and seems always to feed from a regular 
path ; the hare apparently feeds anywhere, without 
much reference to the ‘runs,’ which he uses simply to 
get from one place to another in the most direct line, 
and also, it may be suspected, as a promenade on 
‘which to meet the ladies of his acquaintance by 
moonlight. 
It is amusing to see two of these animals drum- 
ming each other ; they stand on their hind legs (which 
are very long) like a dog taught to beg, and strike 
