dr. d. g. Thomson’s notes on a tame hare. 545 
about forty yards by twenty, enclosed by wire netting around 
and above, and in the centre was placed his old hutch, and 
here he went on pretty much as before, except that his 
youthful frivolity gradually left him, and he would only run 
and jump as formerly when chased about by one of us, this 
he much enjoyed. He now ceased to have any milk, and was 
ted on oats and chopped carrots and apple parings and such 
green herbs as were brought to him ; he would scarcely touch 
unchopped carrots or a whole apple, but was very fond of 
bread and loaf sugar given him as titbits when we visited 
his run, and he always came when called for these. He 
was generally found lying on the same hollowed out “ form ” 
and was by no means apparent at first, but he had other lies. 
He was perfectly delighted with the first fall of snow he knew, 
rushing about and half burying himself in it. The next 
spring he was decidedly wilder and tried to pull the wire 
fencing down, disordered his hutch and pulled the straw all 
about. He never touched water as water, except once when 
he sucked up a teacupful of some water colours painting water 
which was being used, perhaps some taste or scent in it 
appealed to him. Chickens and wild Ducklings were put at 
times in his run and he would feed quietly among them, but 
he was certainly jealous of them. 
A big Belgian Buck Rabbit was once put in his run. He 
came up to it after a time and sniffed at it as he did everything 
strange, and then sprang on its back and began pulling out 
its fur, and the Rabbit had for its own sake to be removed. 
This is remarkable, as it is said that a Rabbit comes off best 
in a fight with a Hare. He absolutely took no notice of little 
Rabbits, but hustled a little Hare put in his run : he took 
friendly notice of Rabbits in adjacent runs, he never killed 
any stray Rats which came into his run and stole his food. 
He moulted towards autumn, and his winter coat was decidedly 
thicker and had many long white hairs in it. 
He was taken occasionally into the house when fully grown, 
but he was not very lively or interesting, although he still 
s: abbed sofa cushions vigorously and showed his old liking 
for lying in my wife’s lap. especially we thought, when she had 
