THE LITTLE WOOD HARE. 189 
use very small shot, say No. 7, for they require but slight 
injury to prevent their escape. The season of the year in 
which the greatest reward for his exertions will be obtain- 
ed is in early spring, particularly if the ground retains a 
covering of snow, with a bright warm sun overhead. In 
the valley of the Wabash on such a day I have frequently 
killed over fifty in an afternoon. In the State of Missouri, 
SWAMP HARES. 
near Brookfield, I have been equally successful. In fact, 
so great are their numbers in the prairie countries, margin- 
ing timber land, that any ordinary shot can do the same in 
almost any portion of their habitat. The changeable, or 
swamp hare, is also abundant; but does not frequent the 
same localities as the last mentioned, being partial to thick, 
low-lying woodlands. Its southern range commences about 
the fortieth degree of latitude, terminating about the fifty- 
