542 DR. D. G. THOMSON S NOTES ON A TAME HARE. 
and tail, his pure white waistcoat, and free from all objection- 
able odour; if he had any smell at all it was faint, fresh, and 
pleasant. 
He slept in a basket in the bathroom, and then in a hutch in 
the garden, with a two-yard long run in it. As he grew older 
it was evident that he was dull and somnolent by day and 
disinclined for food, whereas towards evening he became 
lively and active and keen on his bottle. He came readily 
when the word bottle or milk was mentioned, and would 
jump up into my wife’s lap of his own accord, while the long 
haired terrier dog of whom he never evinced any fear would 
sit by with grave decorum. Green food was gradually given; 
he ate grass, but it did not agree with him and was passed 
unchanged ; he liked parsley and carnation leaves but, unlike 
Cowper’s Hares and unlike Rabbits, did not like Lettuce. 
Every evening he was brought in a basket from his hutch 
into the house, and outer doors being shut, he ran about 
the various rooms and stairs at will. 
This was, perhaps, from our point of view, the most interest- 
ing and amusing part of his career and we were never tired 
of watching his tricks and gambols. He would run up and 
down stairs with extraordinary rapidity either alone or with 
his friend “ Max ” the dog aforesaid. When first put into 
any particular room, the first thing he did was to thoroughly 
explore its boundaries and often to take six to nine feet jumps 
up against dead walls, till we expected him to injure himself 
in his falls ; then he seemed to explore and examine the 
different pieces of furniture or other objects in the room with 
great curiosity, and always carefully examined anything new 
or in a new position. 
The drawing-room, a long comparatively empty room, of 
some 35 feet, was his favourite Hippodrome, and there he 
brought off his grand Steeplechases, racing up and down 
like mad, turning and doubling almost quicker than the eye 
could follow, and jumping furniture or other obstructions 
placed in his way. If ever a young man rejoiced in his 
strength he rejoiced in his activity, and seemed to revel in 
it. It was curious to see how suddenly he could stop and his 
