Ciafsl. HARE. '&•; 



Genus XIII. The HARE. 



Species I. The HARE. 



Lepus Plinii, lib. viii. c. 55. De BuffoUy Tom, vi. 246. Tab. 



The Hare. Raiifyn. quad. 204. 38. 



White Hare. Mart. Northamft. Lepus timidus. Lin.fyjl. 77. 



445. Lepus Cauda abrupta pupillis 



Sib. Scot. II. atris. Faun, Suec. 25. 



Meyer's an. 'ii.Tzh. "i^z. Lepus vulgaris cincreus. KUia 



Gejnerquad.()0^. quad. 51. 



Lepus caudatus ex cinereo rufus, Br. Zool. 41. 



Briffon quad. 94. 





NAMES. 





Brit. 



Yfgyfarnog, Ceinach 



Germ. 



Has, Haas 



fren. 



Le Lievre 



Dut. 



Haas 



Ital. 



Lepre, Lievora 



Sived. 



Hare 



Span, 



Liebre 



Dan. 



Hare 



Port, 



Lebre 







TO enter on a minute defcription of fo well 

 known an animal, would be to abufe the rea- 

 der's patience; yet to negle6l pointing out the admira- 

 ble contrivance of its feveral properties and parts, 

 would be fruftrating the chief defign of this work : 

 that of pointing out the divine wifdom in the animal 

 world. 



Being a weak and mofl defencelefs creature, it is 

 endued, in a very diftinguifhed degree with that pre- 

 ferving paffion, fear: this makes it perpetually at- 

 tentive to every alarm, and keeps it always lean. 



To enable it to receive the moft diflant notices of 

 dangers, it is provided with very long ears, which 

 (like the tubes made ufe of by the deaf) convey to it 

 the remoteft founds. 



G 4 Its 



