before going to sleep, I do not think that they congregate 
at this roost in spring excepting when there is a strong- 
north-west wind. 
As I was returning around the end of the ridge, I 
heard a prodigious crashing and thumping among the dry les.ve 
in the hazel thickets on the hillside. The next instant two 
Rabbits appeared and passed me within a few yards. One, a 
very large one, appeared to be chasing the other, a much 
smaller animal. Presently they separated, taking different 
directions— the small one coming back past me. It seemed 
to be in a playful mood, darting hither and thither in the 
most erratic way and occasionally running very swiftly in a 
half circle. I was astonished at the ease with which It 
t hrash e d its way through the dense brush and also at the 
suddenness with which it would stop when going at full speed 
I had not before realized how active and playful a Rabbit 
may be when qjaite at its ease and unconscious of danger, 
fl found D. C. French at the Keyes’ and we had a long 
talk about old times before going to bed*J 
