54 
NATURAL HISTORY 
HARE. 
The Hare has every limb and part of it 
made for swiftness. It has no eyelashes, 
and seems to have but bad eyes. Its hearing, 
however, is exceedingly acute; and its ears 
are very large compared with the size ot its 
body. It moves its long cars with great ease, 
and uses them as a helm, in order to direct 
its course, which is so rapid, that it outstrips 
almost every other animal. As its tore-legs 
are much shorter than its hind ones, it can 
more easily ascend than descend ; for which 
reason, when it is pursued, its first object is 
to gain, if possible, some mountain. Its 
motion, in running, is a kind of gallop. It 
proceeds without making any noise, because 
its feet are plentifully covered with hair : and 
it perhaps is the only animal which has hair 
growing within its mouth. 
