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VEKTEBRATA. 
HAEB AND lUBBITS. 
very large one on tlie Isle of Man, wlicre individuals liave been taken that Aveighed twelve pounds. 
In England examples occur of hares weighing from ten to eleven pounds; but from some of the 
rich districts in the east of England hares of much greater weight are frequently sent to the Lon- 
don markets, some Avcighing as much as fourteen and fifteen pounds. 
The kind provisions of natuj-e for the preservation of this race of anbnals are nuraer-ous, and 
calculated to command our admiration; they also afford a striking proof, a:nong thousands 
