 | John James Audubon, John Bachman - Mammals - 1846 - 420 pages
...of the Polar Hare, " There is scarcely a spot in the Arctic regions, the most desolate and sterile that can be conceived, where this animal is not to...burrowing in the snow, but is found generally sitting solitarily under the lee of a large stone, where the snow drift as it passes along, seems in some measure... | |
 | George Robert Waterhouse - 1848 - 628 pages
...that the Polar Hare extends into Nova Scotia, and the northern parts of Maine. Ross observes, in which this animal is not to be found, and that, too, throughout...seems in some measure to afford a protection from the hitterness of the blast that impels it, by collecting around, and half burying the animal beneath it;... | |
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Regions, the most desolate and steril that can be conceived, where this animal is not to be found, and that too throughout the winter : nor does it seek to shelter itself from the inclemency of the weather by burrowing in the snow, but is found generally... 