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ii. American Hare, called Rabbit at Hudforrs 

 Bay. Kalm's Trav. into N. Amer. I. 105.. II. 45, 

 Severn and Churchill Rivers. 



This fpecies, which has been improperly called 

 Rabbit, perhaps becaufe it is lefs than the 

 hare, is certainly new, and was never de- 

 fcribed before, except by Kalm in his 

 travels through North America, Vol. h 

 105. II. 45. The account he there gives 

 correlponds with that of Mr. Graham, 

 and with the fpecimen now in the Royal 

 Society's collection. Thefe animals are nu- 

 merous at Hudfon's Bay ; they do not bur- 

 row under ground, but live fummer and win- 

 ter under windfalls and roots of trees. They 

 do not migrate, but always keep about the 

 lame place, unlefs diflurbed. They breed 

 once or twice a year, and have five to feven 

 ■young at a time : their weight is from 3 to 

 4§ pounds. Their flelh is not fo white and 

 delicate as that of the common rabbit, but 

 yet is good food in fummer and winter. Great 

 numbers of them are annually caught in the 

 following manner: as they always are ufed 

 to jo one particular path, the Englifh and 

 natives lay young trees acrofs it, forming a 

 hedge, in which there is an opening for the 

 creature to go through -, in this place they fix 

 a fn are, made of brafs wire, packthread, or 

 the like, fattened widi a flipping knot to a 

 crofs piece, the end being tied to an elaftic 

 pole j fo that when the animal puts its head 



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