' CAPE? ANB BRASILIAN HARE, &C, 139 
Cafe hare. 
The long cars of the Cape hare are dilated in 
the middle. On the outside they are naked, and 
of a rose colour ; their inside and edges are cover- 
ed with short grey hairs. Its crown and back are 
dusky, mixed with tawny ; its cheeks and sides 
ash coloured ,* its breast, belly, and legs, rust co- 
loured. Its tail, which it carries upwards, is of 
a pale ferruginous colour. It is of the size of a 
rabbit, and inhabits the country for three days 
march north of the Cape of Good Hope. It is 
there called the mountain hare ; for it lives only in 
the rocky mountains, and does not burrow. It is 
difficult to shoot it, as, on the sight of any one, it 
instantly runs into the fissures of the rocks. The 
same species probably extends as high as Senegal. 
Brasilian hare. 
The Brasilian hare, like the common kind, has 
very large ears, and a white ring round its neck. 
Its face is of a reddish colour ; its chin is white ; 
its eyes are black ; and its colour like that of thg 
common hare, only a little darker. Its belly is 
whitish. It has no tail ; and some want the ring 
round the neck. They live in the woods ; are very 
^prolific ;and are reckoned very good meat. They 
do not burrow. 
They are found both in Brasil and in Mexico, 
where they are called citli, 
Yiscaccia. 
This species is said to have the general appear- 
ance of a rabbit, but has a very long bushy and 
bristly tail, like that of a fox, which the animal 
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