lofs of k*s colours ; the fides, and the more ex- 
pofed parts of the ears and legs, becoming white 
in the feverer months, while tlie other parts re- 
main unchanged. This variety is by the Ruffians 
called Ruiiak: and prodigious numbers are taken 
in fnares for the fake of their Jkins only ; the Ruf- 
fians and Tartars, like the ancient Britons, holding 
the flelh of Hares in the utmoft deteftation. 
Hare, Cape; the Lepus Capinfis of Linnaeus. 
This fpecies, which inh;ibits the interior parts of 
tlie country near the Cape of Good Hope, fre- 
quents the mofl: rocky and mountainous fituations, 
and takes up it's abode in the fiiTures of the cliffs. 
The ears are long, and dilated in the middle; the 
outfides being naked and rofe-coloured, and the 
infides and edges covered with fhort grey hairs. 
The crown and bade are duflo/, mixed with tawny ; 
the checlcs and fides are cinereous; the bread, 
belly, and legs, are ruft-coloured; and the tail, 
v/^hich is bulhy, turns upwards. This animal is 
about the fize of the rabbit. 
■ Hare, Brazilian. The Brazilian Flare fre- 
quents woods, but never burrows; it is extremely 
prolific; and it's fiefii is highly efteemed. It's 
ears, wiiich are very large, refcmble thofe of the 
common kind; it's face is of a reddifh hue; it's 
chin is white; a v/hite ring encircles it's neck; it's 
body is entirely covered with adaric cinereous fur; 
it's belly is whitilhi; and it has not even the very 
rudiments of a tail. 
Hare, Alpine. This animal has fliort rounded 
ears, a long head, very long whiflcers, and tv/o very 
long hairs over each eye. The tip of the fur is 
"white, the miiddle being of a bright ferruginous 
hue, and the bafe duflcy; but it is fo intermixed 
with long dufKy hairs, that at firit fight the whole 
appears of a bright bay colour. 
Thefe Harcs, v/hich are about nine inches long, 
inhabit the fnowy mountains of the Altaic Chain, 
extending to the Lake Baikal, and from thence to 
Kamtfchatka : and they are alio laid to be natives of 
the Alentian or Fox Idands, in the New Northern 
Archipelago. They fometimes burrow between 
roci'-S, but oftener lodge in their filTures. In 
cloudy v/eather, they afiemble togedier, and lie on 
the rocks; but, at other times, they are found in 
pairs, or more, according to conveniency. Their 
cry, which is (liriil, refembles the chirping of fpar- 
rows. On the fmalleft alarm, they run into their 
holes, and are therefore fhot with much difficulty. 
By a providential inftinft, thefe creatures guard 
againPc the rigours of their hyperborean retreats. 
Towards autumn, parties of them colle6l together 
vaft quantities of the choiceft herbs and gralTes 
perfeftly dried, which they place beneath the fhel- 
ter of fome impending rocks, between the chafms, 
or round the trunks of trees. In many parts, thefe 
herbs appear fcattered, as if with an intention of 
drying them properly. The heaps, which are of 
various fizes, according to the number of animals 
employed in forming them, arc fometimes fix feet 
in height, and as many in diameter at their bafes; 
but their ufual dimenfions are about three feet 
each way. Thefe ricks are often the origin of 
fertility among the rocks ; for their reliques, mixed 
with t'ne dung of the animals, rot in the barren 
chafins, and form a foil produftive of various 
herbs and roots. 
The fable- hunters frequently derive the moft 
fubftantial advantages from the labours of the Al- 
pine Hares: for, being obliged to traverfe defirts 
and mountains at confiderable diftances from thofe 
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places where fubfiftence for men or horfes is to 
be foun'l, their cattle would often per; Hi through 
want, did not the ricks of thefe lirde provident 
animals help to fupport diem; which are eafiiy 
difcovered by their height and form, even when 
totally covered with fnov/. For this reafon the 
Alpine Hare has a name among every Siberian and 
Tartarian nation where it is found: a circumftance 
which marks it's importance to fociety; for few 
animals, fo diminutive in their fize, are noticed in 
thofe regions, unlefs pofifelTed of fome valuable or 
attratlive qualities. 
Hare, Oootona. This animial, v/hich was 
firft noticed by Dr. Pallas, is only fi:: inches long; 
and the weight of the male does not exceed feven. 
ounces. It has oblong oval ears, a little pointed; 
it's hair is long and fmooth; that of it's body is 
brown at the roots, light grey in the middle, and 
white at the tip, intermixed witli a (c\'f dufivy hairs ; 
it's belly is white; the outfides of it's legs are yel- 
lovv'ifli ; and it's nofe is marked with a yellow fpot; 
which colour likev/ife covers the fpace about it's 
rump. 
This fpecies, which inhabits the vaft defart of 
Mongolia, and the frontiers of China tov/ards 
Tartary, lives in the open vallies, and on rocky, 
barren mountains. The Mongolian Tartars call 
it Ogotona. It fometimes burrows like the rab- 
bit, and at the bottom of it's hole forms a nefc of 
foft grafs. 
Thefe animals, which wander abroad principally 
in the night-time, feed in the vallies on the tender 
bark of a fort of fervice, and the dwarf-elm; and 
likewife on various vegetables. Before the ap- 
proach of winter, they coUeft large quantities of 
herbs, with which they fill their holes; and, directed 
by the fame inftinft as the Alpine Flares, they alfo 
form hemifpherical ricks of hay, each about one 
foot high, for their fupport during the feverity of 
the weather. Hawks, magpies, and owls, indif- 
criminately prey on them ; but their moft formi- 
dable enemies are the fitchet, the erm/me, and the 
cat". 
Hare, Calling ; the Lepus Pufillus of Pallas. 
This curious fpecies is only about fix inches in 
length, and feldom exceeds four ounces in weight. 
Tlie head is long, and covered with fur to the very 
tip of the nofe; the ears are large and rounded; 
and the legs are very fiiort. The whole body is 
covered with very foft, long, iinooth fur, of a 
brownifii lead-colour; and, towards tlie ends, of 
light grey, tipt with black. 
Thefe creatures, which inhabit the fouth-eafc 
parts of RufTia, delight in funny vallies and fer- 
tile hills, efpecially near the margins of woods, into 
which they can run for ihelter on any emier- 
gency. Indeed, they are fo very timid in their 
natures, and concealed in their way of life, as 
rarely to be feen, except fuch as have fallen into 
fnares laid r'br ermines. About the Volga they are 
called Semianoi Saetfhik, or Ground-Flares: the 
Tartars give them a name, which, in their lan- 
guage, fignifies the Barking-rnoufe, on account of 
their cry; and the Kalmucs call them Rufla. 
The Calling-Flares burrow in the earth; form- 
ing long galleries, at the ends of which they make 
their nefts : and fo numerous and intricate are the 
avenues which lead to their retreats, that they 
v/ould with great difficulty be difcovered, did not 
their voice betray them. This voice refembles the 
piping of a quail, but is fo loud, that it may be 
heard at the diftance of half a German milej and 
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