QUADRUPEDS 
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THE HARE. (Lepus timidus.) 
THIS small quadruped is well known on our table as 
affording a favourite food, notwithstanding the dark colour 
of its flesh. Its swiftness cannot save it from the search of 
its enemies, among whom man is the most inveterate. 
Unarmed and fearful, the Hare appears almost to sleep 
with open eyes, so easily is it alarmed. Its hind legs are 
longer than its fore legs, to enable it to run up hills ; its 
eyes are so prominently placed, that they can encompass 
at once the whole horizon of the plain where it has chosen 
its form, for so its seat or bed is called; and its ears so 
long, that the least noise cannot escape it. It seldom 
outlives its seventh year, and breeds plentifully. Natu- 
rally wild and timorous, the Hare may, however, be 
occasionally tamed. The following is from the entertain- 
