ALPINE HARE. 
The female has two teats on the groin, and 
four on the breast, 
BufFon does not appear to have known of 
the Alpine Hare ; unless we may refer to this 
animal what he has said, in his Supplement to 
the article Hare. _ ^ 
It is universally known," says he, " tliat 
Hares make forms, and burrow not in the 
ground like rabbits. But I have been in- 
formed by an able naturalist, M. Hettlinger, 
Superintendant of the Pyrennean Mines, in a 
Letter from that Gentleman, dated at Baigory, 
July 16, 1774, that in the mountains near 
that place, the Hares often make holes in the 
clefts of rocks, which is not considered as re-j 
markable." 
There is great probability, how^ever, that the 
Hares mentioned by M. Hettlinger, are not 
very different from the common kind ; sine 
an able naturalist," as BufFon states this gen- 
tleman to be, would certainly have mentioned 
in what respe6l they varied. 
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