. The life and habits of wild animals . cy snow, he comes, straightly steering towardsthe play-ground of the little quadrupeds, who are all unconscious of the vicinity of theirfoe. Like a swift cloud, his shadow falls upon them, and the affrighted rabbits dashtowards their homes beneath the low bank. But quick as is their speed, still morerapid is their pursuers flight, and poor bunny is seized by the fur, with the hookedclaw. Still he struggles on, a favouring branch at the very mouth of the burrowintervenes, and as his terrified companion leaps over his body to gain the desiredrefuge,.utteri
. The life and habits of wild animals . cy snow, he comes, straightly steering towardsthe play-ground of the little quadrupeds, who are all unconscious of the vicinity of theirfoe. Like a swift cloud, his shadow falls upon them, and the affrighted rabbits dashtowards their homes beneath the low bank. But quick as is their speed, still morerapid is their pursuers flight, and poor bunny is seized by the fur, with the hookedclaw. Still he struggles on, a favouring branch at the very mouth of the burrowintervenes, and as his terrified companion leaps over his body to gain the desiredrefuge,.uttering a shrill cry of fear, the frightened little creature draws the birds legagainst the branch, frees himself from the grasp of the sharp talons, and disappearsin the mouth of his wished-for haven., A prowling fox which, before the birdsadvent, had been patiently waiting a favourable moment for a spring, looks suddenlyup from his hiding place, on hearing the rabbitss piercing scream, just in time towitness its hair-breadth escape. PLATE. A HAIR-BR[ADTH ESCAPE, THE STRUGGLE.
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