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Rh mind, on which account ſhe often runs unknowingly againſt many things, and ſometimes falls into the nets.

If ſhe ran ſtraight forward theſe things would ſeldom happen to her; but running a ring, and loving the places where ſhe was bred and has fed, ſhe is taken; for Hares, when followed by the foot, are not often caught by the ſpeed of the dogs, but they are taken, contrary to the nature of the animal, by accident; for no animal of the ſame ſize equals the Hare for ſwiftneſs, her body being conſtructed in this manner:

The head is light, ſmall, inclining downwards, and narrow in front. The neck ſlender, round, not rigid, and of a convenient length. The ſhoulder-blades upright, and not joined at top, and the legs, which are under them, light and compact. The breaſt not too deeply extended. The ribs light and well proportioned. The loins round, hollow, and fleſhy. The flanks ſupple, and ſufficiently looſe. The hips round, entirely full, and divided properly at top. The thighs long and compact, extended on the outſide, but the inſide not Rh