Gruassl) A LUPINE? HAR E. 
with Ptarmigans, natives of the loftieft fituations : 
does not run faft; and if purfued is apt to take 
fhelter beneath ftones or in clefts of rocks: is eafi- 
ly tamed, and is very fprightly and full of frolick : 
is fond of honey, and carraway comfits, and is 
obferved to eat its own dung before a ftorm. 
It is lefs than the common hare, weighing only 
6 lb. 2. whereas the firft weighs from eight to twelve 
pounds. Its hair is foft and full; the predomi- 
nant color grey mixed with a little black and 
tawny. This is its fummer’s drefs. 
In winter it entirely changes to a fnowy white- 
nefs except the edges and tips of the ears which 
retain their blacknefs. The alteration of color be- 
gins in September, and firft appears about the neck 
andrump. In /pri/ it again refumes its grey coat. 
This is the cafe in Styria*, but in the polar tracts 
fuch as Greenland it never varies from white, the 
eternal color of the country. In the intermediate 
climates between temperate and frigid, fuch as 
Scotland and Scandinavia it regularly experiences: 
thefe viciffitudes of color. 
* Kramer Aufir. 410. 
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