Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I HINTS ON FOREST AND PRAIRIE LIFE
- CHAPTER II THE BISON
- CHAPTER III WILD CATTLE
- CHAPTER IV THE WILD HORSE
- CHAPTER V AMERICAN DEER
- CHAPTER VI THE ANTELOPE
- CHAPTER VII THE SOUTHERN HARES
- CHAPTER VIII THE BLACK BEAR
- CHAPTER XI THE WILD HOG
- CHAPTER X THE PUMA AND CAT FAMILY
- CHAPTER XI THE OPOSSUM
- CHAPTER XII THE RACOON
- CHAPTER XIII WILD TURKEY
- CHAPTER XIV GROUSE, SNIPE, QUAIL, WOODCOCK, ETC.
- CHAPTER XV THE WILD FOWL
- CHAPTER XVI THE ALLIGATOR
- CHAPTER XVII AMERICAN SNAKES
- CHAPTER XVIII AMERICAN FISH
- CHAPTER XIX BEE-HUNTING
- CHAPTER XX A SHORT APPENDIX AS TO ROUTE, EXPENSES, ETC. AND WHERE TO FIND THE GAME
CHAPTER VII - THE SOUTHERN HARES
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I HINTS ON FOREST AND PRAIRIE LIFE
- CHAPTER II THE BISON
- CHAPTER III WILD CATTLE
- CHAPTER IV THE WILD HORSE
- CHAPTER V AMERICAN DEER
- CHAPTER VI THE ANTELOPE
- CHAPTER VII THE SOUTHERN HARES
- CHAPTER VIII THE BLACK BEAR
- CHAPTER XI THE WILD HOG
- CHAPTER X THE PUMA AND CAT FAMILY
- CHAPTER XI THE OPOSSUM
- CHAPTER XII THE RACOON
- CHAPTER XIII WILD TURKEY
- CHAPTER XIV GROUSE, SNIPE, QUAIL, WOODCOCK, ETC.
- CHAPTER XV THE WILD FOWL
- CHAPTER XVI THE ALLIGATOR
- CHAPTER XVII AMERICAN SNAKES
- CHAPTER XVIII AMERICAN FISH
- CHAPTER XIX BEE-HUNTING
- CHAPTER XX A SHORT APPENDIX AS TO ROUTE, EXPENSES, ETC. AND WHERE TO FIND THE GAME
Summary
Description.—Head short; nose blunt; eyes prominent; ears far back and very near each other; whiskers long and thick; body long and clothed with long hair, beneath which is a soft downy fur; the hind-legs are nearly twice the length of the fore-legs; the feet thickly clothed with hair, so that the impression of the claws is not generally visible even when passing over snowy ground; the tail short and covered with fur. In summer the fur on its body is an inch and a-half long; in winter, perhaps half an inch longer.
Colour.—In summer the whole of the upper part of the body is of a reddish-brown; the hairs are at their roots of a bluish ash-tint; then comes a yellowish-red, and the part next the tips reddish-brown; nearly all the hairs are tipped with black—this colour predominates towards the rump; the whiskers black; ears brown with narrow black border towards outer edge; the pupil of the eye dark; the iris light yellow; the nose, chin, and throat are white; the under surface of the body and inner surface of legs, white; tail brown above, white beneath. In the Northern States it becomes nearly purely white in winter.
Size.—The American hare varies much in size. The following dimensions are the average: Length from point of nose to end of tail, twenty-one inches; length of ear, three and a-half inches; from heel to end of middle toe five inches and a-half.
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- A Hunter's Experiences in the Southern States of America , pp. 130 - 144Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009