ALPINE HARE. 
somewhat ash-colourecl : and the under parts 
of the body are a dirty white. The length 
the animal examined by Mr. Pennant, was nine 
inches : but the size is said to vary, from sev 
to nearly ten inches in length; and the weight 
from four ounces only, to a pound and 
quarter. 
Iliese animals are first seen on the Alta 
chain of mountains: and extend to Lake Ba 
kal ; and from thence, to Kamtschatka. The 
are said to be even found in the newdy disco 
vered Fox or Aleutian Islands. In the middl 
region of the snowy mountains, and the rudes 
spots, wooded, and abounding with herbs an 
moisture, they constantly fix their residence 
Dwelling thus, in the most rugged and ina 
cessible shelves of the mountains, thev fori 
burrows in the clefts of the rocks, or live 
the hollow trunks of decayed trees: in thes 
situations they are found chiefly to reside 
pairs ; but not very unfrcquently more togethe 
according to the convenience of the respedliv 
abodes. They generally rest quiet during th 
day, except in cloudy weather, w hen thev co 
le6t into small flocks, on the rocks, and utt 
