88 COMBAT BETWIXT TWO HARES. 



in the transgression. Woe to him who allows 

 a minor sweep to ascend his chimney. The 

 informer is on the look out with an eye as 

 sharp as that of the lynx. The magistrate's 

 clerk has his pen already in the inkstand. The 

 constable is itching to serve the warrant, whilst 

 the town's attorney makes sure of a job, which 

 will enable him to sweep away the contents of 

 our breeches pockets with surprising skill and 

 accuracy. 



ANECDOTE OF A COMBAT BETWIXT TWO 



HARES. 



" At last the two stout hares did meet 

 Like quarry of great might, 

 Like lions moved, they laid on load, 

 And made a cruel fight." 



Chevy Chace, 



On Easter Sunday, in the afternoon, as I 

 was proceeding with my brother-in-law, Mr. 

 Carr, to look at a wild-duck's nest in an ad- * 

 jacent wood, we saw two hares fighting with 

 inconceivable fury on the open ground, about 

 a hundred and fifty yards distant from us. 



