"See what Basil calls a pair of full-grown hares!" "And Basil is right," replied Lucien, after having examined them for a moment.

"They _are_ full-grown hares." Francois looked confounded.
"If I mistake not," continued Lucien, "they are the species known among the Indians of the prairie as the `little chief hare.' They may be a different variety, though, for there are several species of these small hares found in the Rocky Mountains, and the prairies that lie around them.

They are very rare.

I wish we could get the skin of one.

I am sure papa would prize it highly." "That we may soon get," said Francois.