HARE  . The See also:

• RABBIT

rabbit has been domesticated from an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period . Little doubt exists amongst naturalists that all the varieties of the domestic See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal are descended from Oryctolagus cuniculus . The See also:

• VARIATIONS
• VARIATIONS, CALCULUS
• VARIATIONS, CALCULUS OF

variations which have been perpetuated and intensified by artificial selection are, with the exception of those of the See also:

• DOG

dog, greater than have been induced in any other mammal . For not only has the See also:

• WEIGHT

weight been more than quadrupled in some of the larger breeds, and the structure of the See also:

• SKULL

skull and other parts of the See also:

• SKELETON

skeleton greatly altered, but the proportionate See also:

• SIZE

size of the See also:

• BRAIN (A.S. braegen)

brain has been reduced and the See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour and texture of the See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur altered in a remarkable manner . The lop-eared breed is the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest See also:

• ENGLISH

English variety, and has been cultivated carefully since about 1785, the aim of the breeder being directed to the development of the size of the ears, and with such success that they sometimes measure more than 23 in. from tip to tip and exceed 6 in. in width . This development, which is accompanied by changes in the structure of the skull, depends on breeding the animals in warm See also:

• DAMP

damp hutches, without which the best See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed parents fail to produce the desired offspring . In colour lop-eared rabbits vary greatly . The Belgian hare is a large breed of a See also:

• HARDY, ALEXANDRE (1569?-1631)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS DUFFUS (1804-1878)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS MASTERMAN
• HARDY, THOMAS (1840- )

hardy and prolific See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, which closely resembles the hare in colour, and is not unlike it in See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form . Some years ago these rabbits were sold as " leporides " or hybrids, produced by the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union of the hare and the rabbit; but the most careful experimenters have failed to obtain any such hybrid, and the naked immature See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition in which See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young rabbits are See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born as compared with the clothed and highly developed young hare renders it unlikely that hybrids could be produced . Nor does the flesh of the Belgian rabbit resemble that of the hare in colour or flavour . A closely allied variety, though of larger size, is known as the Patagonian rabbit, although it has no relation to the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country after which it is called .

The See also:

• ANGORA, or ENGURI

Angora rabbit is characterized by the extreme See also:

• ELONGATION

elongation and fineness of the fur, which in See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good specimens reaches 6 or 7 in. in length, requiring See also:

• GREAT

great care and frequent combing to prevent it from becoming matted . The Angoras most valued are albinos, with pure See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white fur and See also:

• PINK

pink eyes; in some parts of the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

Continent they are kept by the peasants and clipped regularly . Amongst the breeds which are valued for the See also:

• DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution of colour on the fur are the Himalayan and the Dutch . The former is white, but the whole of the extremities—viz. the See also:

• NOSE (O.Eng. nosu, cf. Dutch neus, Swed. nos, snout; the Aix in Provence. Both at Aix and at Lyons he acquired great connexion with O.Eng. nasu is obscure, cf. Ger. Nase, Lat. pares, distinction by his labours during outbreaks of the plague. In nostrils,

nose, the ears, tail and feet—are See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black or very dark in colour . This very See also:

• PRETTY

pretty breed has no connexion with the mountains from which it takesits name, but is a variety produced by careful breeding and selection . Though produced by See also:

• CROSSING

crossing, it now generally breeds true to colour, at times throwing back, however, to the See also:

• SILVER

silver greys from which it was derived . The rabbits known as Dutch are small, and valued for the disposition of the colour and markings . The entire See also:

• BODY

body behind the See also:

• SHOULDER (in O.E. sculder, cognate with Ger. Schulter, Dutch schouder, Swed. skuldra, &c; the root is unknown)

shoulder-See also:

• BLADES, WILLIAM (1824-1890)

blades is uniformly coloured, with the exception of the feet; the anterior See also:

• PART

part of the body, including the fore legs, See also:

• NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck, and jaws, is white, the cheeks and ears being coloured . In some strains the coloured portion extends in front of the fore legs, leaving only a See also:

• RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

ring of white See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the neck . The more accurately the coloured portion is defined, the higher is the animal esteemed . The silver See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

grey is a See also:

• UNIFORM

uniform-coloured breed, the fur of which is a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich See also:

• CHINCHILLA
• CHINCHILLA, LA PLATA
• CHINCHILLA, PERUVIAN

chinchilla grey, varying in See also:

• DEPTH

depth in the different strains . From the greater value of the fur, silver greys have been frequently employed to stock warrens, as they breed true to colour in the open if the See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild rabbits are excluded .

Other See also:

• COLOURS, MILITARY

colours known, as silver fawn and silver See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown, are closely related . A See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue breed has been recently introduced . The largest and heaviest of all is the Flemish See also:

• GIANT (O.E. geant, through Fr. giant, O.Fr. gaiant, jaiant, jeant, med. pop. Lat. gagante—cf. Ital. gigante—by assimilation from gigantem, ace. of Lat. gigas, Gr. yiyas)

giant, with See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron-grey fur above and white below . Other breeds include the See also:

• JAPANESE

Japanese, with an See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

orange coat, broadly banded on the See also:

• HIND

hind-quarters with black; the pink-eyed and See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short and thick-furred See also:

• ALBINO

albino See also:

• POLISH

Polish; the Siberian, probably produced by crossing the Himalayan with the Angora; and the black-and-tan and blue-and-tan . See also HARE, See also:

• SHOOTING

SHOOTING, and See also:

• COURSING (from Lat. cursus, currere, to run)

COURSING . (W . H . F . ; R . L .