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Show Runny Proves He Can Fihf; TiT-fE "trance fears that seem to paralyse a rabbit when It ! attacked hy any of the watel tribe have often been nh-''nH nh-''nH Apparently II cannot make the slightest -fTort nt dpfen-e and submits to the fatal bite without a sign of resistance. That there are exceptional rabbits, however appears ap-pears from nn Incident witnessed by a dl- tlngulahed British adentlst Through the grass or the field In which this naturalist was walking something WOS creeping very quietly. This wns made evident evi-dent by tho waving of the grass blades. About twenty yards away, out In the field, a rabbit squatted In the afternoon sun n bunched fat comfortable looking little rra brown flgurp fie ba.i been there for half an hour quite motionless. Thp hidden creature in the long grass was lowly anil surely stalking the rabbit At length the waving ernss stems ceased to move. The stalker had gone fo within iwo yards of the rabbit and was abiojpl to make Its rush. The long grass reaped here and beyond thp stalkPr had no cover. Then nil of a sudden the rabbit reversed Its position It did It so quickly and quietly that the watehpr scarcely noticed It Since there no lonser was anv need of concealment con-cealment Ike enemy stood up and came for'h --a beady eyed and sinister male stoat f-je was really a prptty lit tip chap and spruce as a dandy, locking anything but the professional profes-sional sla:"pr that he eras. Ho stood .ooklng at the rabbit for a fpw moments hl neen head well up. po's -d cn his lens - nakj neck i Then he made his rush. It w as quite-slow Rjj; i. a leisurely, ldeione en Hop Vo -.-eature lr- " ' would have alfTlcultv In avoiding it l&isii When the s'o.at was within two Inches of 15 '4 the r-ibljt ho stopped hort and 'hen. verv la quickly, darted round behind the bennv. I This l the regular ctnnt manopuvri 1 dart jmm -W r.nin,) to fhp i-'dn of Hie prej and. Iitsplpg . onto the hack nt the neck to dellvei? that single terrlhlp hlfp of all thp weae tToc at the soft cartilage at Hip hae of the itnln. Jr Thp next 'nstant the ?nat was lv"lng in JKJ his back with all the wind knocked cut of r;!aijl him. and the rabbit was quletlv la'ttlne faa hunched up and facing him a nefere. It r3 was a "urpr'slncr and rrnwi unexpect pd de- niwH feat. As fhe stoat reared to deliver the 'atnl Si hire l.unny nK-otrsl fo meet him Qlltckly Jumped lr"f' ,n, nlr an'' landed a full jpnwer kick with toth of his long, powerful hbid legs oi the st cat's chost Kif' N'ow. a rabbit's hihd "cs ar verv; ic bt n t tii.j4 strong, and like the kangaroo's Ipgsi thev are a most effective weapon. Fortunately for their foes rahMts do not appear to haa found nut what n OsefUl weapon lhiy prs- I sess. Flow this one discovered It waniM be 5fB a bard Question to answer possibl) '-i xbt- i .yfi log some Other buck rahbit. The dlK-overy Las?J once made the Inoffensive and timid bunny i: S be anrae ro'- to be reckoned with. , As for the stoat, he got up. stared hard at f1 the first rabbit he had ever met that ehowed v -1 flcht. and. turning on his beels. sloutly gal- Pv jbped away. . iifk |