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of the common hare, and the hind legs alfo 
are proportionably fliorter. The colour is in 
general carroty ; and on the belly white, Hke 
the European hare. I believe no naturalift has 
mentioned this animal, which I confider as a 
fpecies, not a variety : and what confirms me 
in this opinion is, that in the fame country 
there are other hares exadly refembling thofe 
of Europe, except that they are fmaller. The 
Hottentots, who have in general an averfion 
to hare's flefh, would not tafte this, though 
they faw me eat it with pleafure ; for in fadt 
it was excellent, and more delicately flavoured 
than the common hare. 
The country afforded one animal w^hich 
I was very defirous of procuring ; but I fought 
It in vain. Several men of the horde wore its 
{km for a krofs, or cloak ; but, as the head 
and feet were cut off, I was unable to difcover 
to what fpecies it belonged, or vv^hat were its 
charaders. The greyifh blue colour of the 
fur, and the length of the ^hair on the fpine of 
the back, fufficiently recalled to my mind the 
fame parts in the hy^na defcribed by Buffon, 
which I had an opportunity of feeing feveral 
times in Europe ; but the fmallnefs of the fize 
M 4 did 
