544 DR - D - G - Thomson’s notes on a tame hare. 
was, considering his nature, the most remarkable thing he did. 
He could not bear oil cloth or other smooth surfaces, as they 
afforded him no natural foothold. He seemed to like singing 
and piano music, and would jump to my wife’s shoulder and 
lie about her neck while she sang. 
In the early summer, 1905, he was half grown and used 
to have the run of the garden, a long fine string was attached 
to his neck, more to trace him when he got lost to sight in 
the bushes than to prevent his running away. We could 
not, however, trust him not to wander or run away, so one 
of us was always present ; there he would scamper about, 
let us chase him, and he would repeat his drawing- roosn 
antics ; he would let my boy and girl play with him, especially 
if their mother was there, and would sit in a toy cart while 
they dragged it about the lawn. He never, however, lost 
his alertness to danger, and was alwaj'S truly Lepus timidus ; 
the least unusual noise, and I suppose scents, made him 
listen with mobile ears or crouch down to make himself as 
invisible as possible. He showed no fear of our other dogs 
although not brought up with them- as he was with the house 
dog. I cannot say that the first March we had him that he 
seemed to suffer from the proverbial madness, indeed the first 
year he was always in a state of crazy activity ; when two or 
three years old, his general bearing was more sedate, and then 
he certainly was more lively in the spring, or at least the 
contrast was more apparent. 
He was very fond of stretching himself and yawning in 
a standing position ; he was scrupulously clean in his person, 
always washing his face with his front paws, he was very 
particular in licking his feet and toes and spread the latter 
out like a fan when doing so. He could not be trained like 
a cat or dog to be clean about the house, and I noted that 
the water passed was of an opaque white colour resembling 
milk ( Chyluria ). 
In the early autumn of 1905 he was a year old and weighed 
7§ lbs. At this time my children left home for school, and 
my wife contracted a long illness, so the arrangements for 
the hare had to be altered. A big grass run was made for him 
