The head is light, small, drooping, narrow at
						the front; the ears are upright; The ears
							are upright is not in the MSS., and is inserted from Pollux. As our
							author is enumerating those characteristics of the hare that make for
							speed, it is not quite certain that the words are his, but see
							33. the neck is thin, round, not stiff, and fairly long; the
						shoulder-blades are straight and free at the top; the fore-legs are agile
						and close together; the chest is not broad; the ribs are light and
						symmetrical; the loins are circular; the rump is fleshy; the flanks are soft
						and fairly spongy; the hips are round, well filled out, and the right
						distance apart at the top; the thighs are small and firm, muscular on the
						outside and not puffy on the inside; the shanks are long and firm; the
						fore-feet are extremely pliant and narrow and straight and the hind-feet
						hard and broad; and all four are indifferent to rough ground; the hind-legs
						are much longer than the fore-legs, and slightly bent outwards; the coat is
						short and light. With such a frame she cannot fail to be strong, pliant and very agile. Here is a proof of her agility. When going
						quietly, she springs—no one ever saw or ever will see a hare
						walking—bringing the hind-feet forward in advance of the fore-feet and
						outside them; and that is how she runs.