. American animal life . is usually a danceday at the village and all are invited to dance and come to the great feast around a bigcamp fire. The jack-rabbit is known also as the prairie or Texas hare and is distinctly a westernbranch of the family, feeding upon buffalo and bunch grass, weeds, leaves, bark, and lowbushes. KIT-FOX AND IACK-RABBIT When a jack-rabbit is being chased, he jumps way up into the air, and then scarcelyseems to touch the ground before he is up again, looking around to see what is chasing it is an ordinary dog r other beast, he will jump up and keep watching his
. American animal life . is usually a danceday at the village and all are invited to dance and come to the great feast around a bigcamp fire. The jack-rabbit is known also as the prairie or Texas hare and is distinctly a westernbranch of the family, feeding upon buffalo and bunch grass, weeds, leaves, bark, and lowbushes. KIT-FOX AND IACK-RABBIT When a jack-rabbit is being chased, he jumps way up into the air, and then scarcelyseems to touch the ground before he is up again, looking around to see what is chasing it is an ordinary dog r other beast, he will jump up and keep watching his pursuer, butif lie finds he is being chased by a greyhound, Mr. Rabbit will get right down and run forthe first place that will afford him a good protection. The Indians of the Northwest use the jack-rabbit skin to make robes. They cut tin-skin into narrow strips and twist these so the fur is on both sides; then the strips arefastened together. This makes a very light, durable and warm robe for the North JACK-RABBIT MOUNTAIN-SHEEP AND LITTLE CHIEF HARE
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