Quattro-footed americani e ai loro congiunti . per il pacifico, se vedete una nuvola ofdust seguendo il terreno in aperto o una parte miniaturecyclone l'erba, interrompere un po' e guardare. Whatis andando da ? Una soffiata via mulino a vento, un canguro 148 FO UR-PIEDE EI) americani girando salti mortali, una meccanica sfuggito correggiato fromits inventore ? No, solo un Jackass coniglio (chiamato Jackfor breve), il più grande e il più conosciuto di questo sud-ern gruppo. Quando Jack pause, troverete Lui acurious combinazione di asini orecchie unite a longlegs da un skinny bit di un corpo lungo circa due piedi,coperto sopra con marrone capelli

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Four-footed Americans and their kin . to the Pacific, if you see a cloud ofdust following the ground in the open, or a miniaturecyclone part the grass, stop a bit and watch. Whatis it going by ? A blown-away windmill, a Kangaroo 148 FO UR-FOOT EI) AMERICANS turning somersaults, a mechanical flail escaped fromits inventor ? No, only a Jackass Rabbit (called Jackfor short), the largest and best known of this south-ern group. When Jack pauses, you will find him acurious combination of Donkeys ears joined to longlegs by a skinny bit of a body about two feet long, covered above with light brown hairs tipped and stripedwith black, and a black tail three inches long, all thisstanding on large pad feet. Jack looks as stupid ashis hoofed namesake, but as he whirls along to spreadruin to field, garden, and orchard, with his endlessappetite, you cannot but admire the muscle and endur-ance of this prince of Gnawers. Jack Kabbits swarmover their range in vast troops. Ten, fifteen, or eventwenty thousand at one time have been surrounded. Jack Rabbit. BABBIT TRACKS 149 and driven into pens and slaughtered, very much afterthe same fashion that the Indians trapped the Buffa-loes. Though this sounds cruel, it seems to be neces-sary, if the great crops, that mean bread to the country, are to be saved. Now, instead of merely killing theRabbits and letting the flesh go to waste, thoughtfulsportsmen have made a plan to send them to nearbycities to be food for the poor who can buy but littlemeat. Arent there any other fourfoots out there to helpkeep the Jacks down ? asked Rap. Yes, the Coyotes, or Prairie Wolves, used to feedon them, but people found that these little Wolvesstole young calves and sheep, and they turned aboutand killed so many of them that the Jack Rabbitslaughed, shook their ears, and said, We are goodthings, let us eat more and raise a great many children, and off they whirled again. No other beast can runlike a Jack Rabbit ; the swiftest horse cannot overtakehim in a fair

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