The Leaps Of A Rabbit

I lmvc, on numerous occasions, fired at. these anímala when they have been running, and at tlic same time bevond I lie rango oí my fowling ploce; Buch i shoi almosl Invariably lias lúe effect of so alarm íhü: the game as lo mako il run at lts vety best raic of speed, and, upon coming up witli the tracks they Ikivc left on tbe snow .¦ii s'.uli linies. I have been BurprUed tbe ilÍ8tancc Ihey can clear ai oach Individual leap. l inU'i tliCM' ( 1 once meas uivii tbc spaces cleared by m oíd Uexican liare, and found the flrst two equaled Iwelve teel apiece, wbile tbe third efforl waa ïailicr more ihan tbfateen feet, and I havo never known tbis species to excecd l. altbough I have testcd not a few of theiu. of course the rablrft can nol compete witb snob magniflcenl ayinna-ti( ns ilii-; it will, liowevcr. wben thu; frighl ettod, makfl lenpa oí ftüly si.v feet; and on oue occa ion i measured one on tbe deadlèvël prairie whicfa waa raiber more tbaa ¦ ; n feet. At tbeir cotüthön rate of golic hare rarely clean itrc thau lom it a single leap tohïk tbi rabbil la M9rUtk)H ¦' - ¦