HARE. 
of thofe of Siberia moil clofely and warmly furred. 
In winter, the whole animal changes to a fnowy 
whitenefs, except the tips and edges of the ears, 
which remain black : lefs than the common fpecies. 
Inhabits the higheft Scotijh Alps^ Norway, Lap- 
land , Ruffin , Siberia *, and the Banks of the JVolga . 
In Scotland , keeps on the top of the higheil hills , 
never defends into the vales ^ never mixes with the 
common hare, which is common in its neighbor¬ 
hood : does not run fail: apt to take fhelter in clifts 
of rocks : is eafily tamed : full of frolick : fond of 
honey and carraway comfits: eats its own dung be¬ 
fore a ilorm : changes its color in September: re¬ 
fumes its grey coat in April: in the extreme cold of 
Greenland is always ** white. Both kinds of hares 
are common in Siberia , on the Banks of the Wolga , 
and in the Orenburg government. The one never 
changes color : the other, native of the fame place, 
conftantly affumes the whitenefs of the fnow during 
winter. They alfo colledl together, and are fen in 
troops of five or fix hundred, migrating fouth in 
fpring, and returning in autumn *f. Mr. Muller fays 
he once faw two black hares, in Siberia , of a won- 
derfull fine glofs, and of as full a black as jet. 
The animal called the Hare by our voyagers to 
Patagonia T, is at prefent of a doubtfull genus ; per¬ 
haps belonging to the laid, a fort of Aguti , being 
* Vide Toniop. Norway, II. 9. Scheffer Lapland, 137. Sirahlen- 
berg Ruff a, 370. Ritchkcff Orenberg Topcg. I. 287. The Ruffians 
diitinguiih the two fpccies: they call the common hare Riffak ; this 
kind, Zayets. 
Egede . Greenl. 62. Grants Greenl. I. JO. 
f Bell's 'Travels, I. 238. 
X Narborough’s voy . 33. 
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