23 OCTOBER 1897, Page 16

THE TIMID HARE.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Hares have often been known to swim across a stream, but I was much struck last August by the pluck and strength of a bare not fully grown. We were coming up the Nen from the sea, the tide was with us, and the wind being against us, made the water very choppy. All at once we saw a hare some way in front of us coming leisurely down the bank, and,

to our surprise, it took to the water, and in a wonderfully short space of time swam straight across. It then trotted off as unconcerned as if its swim of fifty yards in rough water was an every-day occurrence.—I am, Sir, &c.,