THE STORY OF A HARE
C. Reid.] [Frontispiece.
“He Sat and Listened.”
THE
STORY OF A HARE
BY J. C. TREGARTHEN, F.Z.S.
AUTHOR OF “WILD LIFE AT THE LANDS END,” “THE LIFE STORY OF A FOX,”
“THE STORY OF AN OTTER.”
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
NEW YORK
HEARST’S INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY CO.
1915
| FIRST EDITION | November 1912 | |
| Reprinted | June 1915 |
TO
MARIE CORELLI
IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION
OF A VALUED AND LASTING
FRIENDSHIP
PREFACE
Whilst few, if any, animals have more enemiesthan the hare, none perhaps is better endowedwith instincts to outwit them.
As that great mediæval hunter, the Master ofGame, said in 1402: “There is no man in thisworld that would say that any hound can unravelthat which a h