Eeynard is cunning. Bunny is fore-sighted, wide 

 awake, and fleet of foot. Sometimes lie is caught 

 napping— so are we all ; but if in wits he is not 

 always Reynard's equal, in speed he holds his 

 own very well with his enemy. Reynard is 

 nimble, but give the little cottontail a few feet 

 handicap in a race for life, and he stands a fair 

 chance of escape, especially in the summer woods. 



When the hounds are on his trail the rabbit 

 saves his legs by outwitting his pursuers. He 

 will win a long distance ahead of them, and be- 

 fore they overtake hiija he will double on his 

 track, approaching as near as he dare to the 

 dogs, then leap far aside upon a log, into a stream, 

 or among the bushes, and strike out in a new 

 direction, gradually making back toward the 

 starting- place. He rises on his haunches to listen, 

 as he goes along, and before the dogs have again 

 picked up the trail, he has perhaps had time to 

 rest and lunch. 



If it were a matter of dogs only, life would be 

 just full enough of excitement to be interesting. 

 He can double, balk, and mix trails on them, and 

 enjoy it. They are nothing to fool. But the 

 gun ! Ah, that 's a foe which he cannot get up 

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