Suggestion for Beginners—A Rabbit Hunt 63 
of confidence in himself and was evidently playing 
with the dogs. He came down along the fence line 
and squatted within thirty yards of us while the 
dogs were puzzling over the scent farther over in 
the woods, but he had only a brief respite. Belle 
picked the line and Bill harked in. Down they 
came with a speed that did one's heart good. Bunny 
left his squat and circled back to the briars, but 
still in plain sight of us. Charlie raised his gun and 
was about to shoot, but I knocked his arm down. 
“Let them run it out!” I advised, and the gun was 
lowered. Bunny hopped along leisurely, evidently 
satisfied that he could outwit his pursuers. But the 
dogs were coming fast and as we had both seen 
the rabbit all this while we knew thev were strad- 
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dling the line every moment. Bunny heard the dogs 
and perhaps thought better of his first decision, for 
he put on speed and raced down through the woods 
jumping on a log and running the length of this, 
then he squatted in some weeds just beyond. Again 
we had a good view and again Charlie was tempted 
to shoot, but I restrained him. “Let him alone,” 
I cautioned, ‘‘it is not often you see a race like this.” 
Bunny remained in his squat until the dogs came 
to the log and were baffled, but Bill jumped on the 
log and consequently right on the line and again 
they were off. This time Bunny was obliged to run 
for his life and he went flying down through the 
woods, back to the worm fence, along which he ran 
until he came to the creek, where he squatted again, 
but only for a moment, and then he did a trick which 
1 had never seen before and only once since. He 
jumped onto the lower rail of the fence where it 
