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O start with, I shall admit that the hare is regarded as an "uncanny" animal. Sir Thomas Browne tells us that in his time there were lew above threescore years that were not perplexed when a hare crossed their path. Aubrey epitomizes Browne, but in another passage notes the same prejudice, apparently from his own observation. Napier says many a person