282 A YEAR OF SPORT AND NATURAL HISTORY. 



back again. There is method in every twist that a cunning 

 hare makes, and if on the South Downs they run straight more 

 frequently than in other countries — sometimes making a point 

 of three or four miles as the crow flies — it is not because they 

 lack the subtlety that distinguishes their race elsewhere, but 

 rather because the Brighton Harriers push their game along 

 too fast for shifts and subterfuges to be of any avail. 



