Hares are queer things," said old Duffield, wishing he had her by the ears for the pot.
Oh, put her away quietly," responded Mr. Broadfurrow, who had seen many hares lost by noise and hurry at starting.
He did not stop until he realized by the scampering of the March hares to right and left of his path how very absurd he must appear even to the blind heavens.
The scouts stood for a moment as if rooted to the ground with amazement; then they flung down their rifles and fled like hares to the spot where Juma was indicating the ford.
They were anxious to save their precious caribou meat, so they made every effort to trap and shoot hares and squirrels, and to catch fish, but their luck was poor.
That morning they found two hares caught in the snares.
Hares seemed plentiful in that vicinity, for several had come out into the open in plain sight the night before.
Others wandered about the beach and the adjacent woods, seeking for ripe raspberries or hunting squirrels, hares and wood pigeons.
Hares seemed to be plentiful on the island, and Etienne went out to set some snares, while the two boys climbed up through the dripping woods, over slippery moss and rocks, to a spot where they could see out over the lake.
Here and there plants and bushes had been nibbled and cropped, and small trees had been stripped of bark and branches far above where hares could reach.
Hares also use their feet to wash their faces, and this they do very often, to keep their exquisite hair in perfect condition.
Hares will separate and run in opposite directions, while gazelles, if too closely pursued, will jump to one side and lie flat on the earth to escape notice, and as soon as the enemies have passed, run in the opposite direction.
To prevent Hares and Rabbits from Barking young Plantations.
If, then, we consider what a small proportion of hares existent at the moment will be hunted down and again the steady increase of the stock through reproduction, the enormous numbers will not be surprising.
Any hares that do not come into the tilled districts must be sought in the meadows and the glades; near rivulets, among the stones, or in woody ground.
VIII The time to track hares is after a fall of snow deep enough to conceal the ground completely.
V The tracks of hares are long in winter owing to the length of night, and short for the opposite reason during summer.
The nets should be made of the same flaxen cord (3) as those for hares above described.
He is to be seized "when he goes into the field either to course the hares or to see his horses" (i.
At this time he was not visible, and all that scouts could detect, beside some innocenthares and springbok among the hills, was now and then a flying horseman who disappeared on their approach.
I had land enough of my own to carry on with, so I hunted there till the foxes and hares gave out, which they precious soon did, seeing that half the neighbourhood was out shooting, trapping, poisoning and lurching them.
His snipes were cut down as if you had whipped them over: his hares were mangled; his partridges smashed.
Hares seem to see little in front; their eyes sweep each side, but straight ahead they are blind till the air brings them the scent they dread.
Hares are game; he's sure to jump over for the hare.
When there were no hares about, he seized young foxes and magpies, although their flesh was unsavoury.
Like the fierce Russian tribes of old, they have let loose the hounds of destruction on wolves and hares and men alike!
We are credibly informed,' says Master President, 'that you have been seen coursing hares on the Sabbath day.
This brings us to the Hares and Rabbits, of which there are numerous species, the Common Hare, the Irish or Mountain Hare and the Common Rabbit being the best known.
Cowper's experiments with hares will naturally occur to the reader, besides which there are cases recorded where tame hares have been associated in domesticity with cats and even sporting dogs.
The Sardinian, the Egyptian, the Polar, and the Sage hares are other varieties.
He looked with great care over the turf wall into the field, and seemed to long very much to get hold of some of the hares that were feeding in it, but apparently knew that he had no chance of catching one by dint of running.
Duplicidentati includes the numerous varieties of haresand rabbits.
The two hares came through the gap together and the fox, springing with the quickness of lightning, caught one and killed her immediately; he then lifted up his booty and was carrying it off, when my rifle-ball stopped his course.
They never give tongue, but set about their work silently and cautiously, and hunt hares and partridges, driving the latter into the nets of the unlawful sportsmen.
They abound in the forests of Germany and Russia, where they live in the hollows of trees and caves of rocks, and feed on birds, squirrels, hares and rabbits, and will even attack young lambs and fawns.
Though exceedingly timid creatures hares are readily tamed, and have often become as domesticated as cats and dogs.
Grease will not have this effect, and the scent of the tar is highly obnoxious to hares and rabbits.
Hares and rabbits must be well attended to, and the extremities brought to the quick part of the fire, to be done equally with the backs.
Brush it round the stems of young trees, as high at least as hares and rabbits can reach, and it will effectually prevent their being barked by these animals.
Trees exposed to cattle, hares and rabbits, may be preserved from these depredators, without the expense of fence or rails, by any of the following experiments.
If fresh and newly killed, the body will be stiff, and in hares the flesh is pale.
Another time we saw the red tail of a fox hiding behind a rock, watching us and the unsuspecting hares at the same time.
Among the bushes frolicked the hares and often near them a red fox lay flattened to the ground watching his chance.
The heathcock flew from the trees very idly, hares loped slowly down the beds of summer streams.
Everywhere we saw runways packed hard by the feet of the hares living in this bush.
Here sheltering from the sons of murther, The hares their tired limbs drag no further.
The hares whose noise had caused his fright, Saw with surprise the linnet's flight.
Forth from the brake, with beating heart, The assembled hares tumultuous start, And, every straining nerve on wing, Away precipitately spring.
The fact is, there never should be more than two coveys in one field, or half-a-dozen hares in each moderate slip of plantation.
Pheasants, though they may feed a great deal upon wild seeds and insects, are unquestionably fond of corn--so are partridges; and hares and rabbits have too good taste to avoid a field of clover or of turnips.
There are a good number of hares in this cover, and we have had some coursing with our greyhounds, aided by a sort of lurcher who has attached himself to us.
We may hope now with Rasham’s assistance to keep ourselves supplied with meat, for hares are in plenty.
The Bedouins of Nejd train the Lanner falcon, the only noble hawk they possess, to take hares and bustards.
I do not think the hares ever dig holes, but they make use of any they can find when pressed.
The trees were green; there were little blue flowers on the ground under the trees; the squirrels ran in the branches, and the hares in the undergrowth; but no birds sang.
That morning his luck was good, and he came home with a couple of hares and three or four woodcock.
There is a curious tradition in Piedmont, that if a hare be sprinkled with the juice of henbane, all the hares in the neighbourhood will run away as if scared by some invisible power.
Hares don't make holes in ground, but run through the same openings in hedges or amongst the furze and heath.
They are preserved about here like the haresand pheasants.
Then the poachers put the wire ring upright, the hares run through, and drag the noose tight, and the more they struggle, the faster they are.
No doubt; but instead of showing resentment, the boy is devoted to her; and I know for a fact he is always bringing her rabbits and hares to cook for herself.
Look here, this is a wire to catch hares or rabbits with.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hares" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
