. The world of animal life. Zoology. THE HARE 171 standing quietly in a field watching some fox-hounds that were just entering a little copse about a hundred yards away, when a hare started up and came straight towards him. H^ did not move, and she came quietly hopping along, without seeing him, till she was not more than a dozen feet distant. He then gave. Hare a low whistle, at which she turned her head, caught sight of him, and in a couple of seconds had disappeared. We often think that the hare is a very timid animal, and in a certain sense she is. But she will sometimes show a quite unex-
. The world of animal life. Zoology. THE HARE 171 standing quietly in a field watching some fox-hounds that were just entering a little copse about a hundred yards away, when a hare started up and came straight towards him. H^ did not move, and she came quietly hopping along, without seeing him, till she was not more than a dozen feet distant. He then gave. Hare a low whistle, at which she turned her head, caught sight of him, and in a couple of seconds had disappeared. We often think that the hare is a very timid animal, and in a certain sense she is. But she will sometimes show a quite unex- pected courage. Tame hares, for example, have been known repeatedly to chase and drive away cats that ventured into their feeding-ground. Hares fight fiercely among themselves too; and in defence of her young the mother hare will fight to the death. The young of the hare are called "leverets". There are usually from four to six in a litter, and the little animals remain with their mother for rather more than a month. Unlike the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smith, Fred, pseud. , ed. London, Glasgow [etc. ] Blackie and son, Ltd.
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