TO-DAY’S NATURE NOTE
A Chase to the Death In passing through a paddock on my way homo from work one afternoon, I saw a hare hound wildly out of a clump of rushes followed by the most dreaded of its enemies—a weasel. The pursued and pursuer disappeared over the crest of a hill,. and just as 1 thought I had lost a good chase the hare appeared bounding down the hill with the weasel quickly gaining on him. For fully three minutes I stood watching them race round the hill, which was a small one. The weasel was catching up with the hare, which with his pursuer about six yards away crouched low and gave a loud squeal. The weasel, seeing his victim had stopped. steadied his pace and came slowly up to him. Tile hare, which seemed paralysed with fear, lay on the ground, tlie weasel making the 1 , usual effortless kill. After spending about five minutes with his victim the weasel disappeared from sight.—ll. McG. (Tailuipc).
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 115, 8 February 1935, Page 10
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168TO-DAY’S NATURE NOTE Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 115, 8 February 1935, Page 10
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