The couching hare[17] constructs her form for the most part in
sheltered spots during cold weather and in shady thickets during the
hot season, but in spring and autumn on ground exposed to the sun. Not
so the running[18] animal, for the simple reason that she is scared
out of her wits by the hounds.[19]

[17] "The form-frequenting hare."

[18] "Her roving congener," i.e. the hunted hare that squats. The
distinction drawn is between the form chosen by the hare for her
own comfort, and her squatting-place to escape the hounds when
hunted.

[19] i.e. "the dogs have turned her head and made her as mad as a
March hare."

In reclining the hare draws up the thighs under the flanks,[20]
putting its fore-legs together, as a rule, and stretching them out,
resting its chin on the tips of its feet. It spreads its ears out over
the shoulder-blades, and so shelters the tender parts of its body; its
hair serves as a protection,[21] being thick and of a downy texture.
When awake it keeps on blinking its eyelids,[22] but when asleep the
eyelids remain wide open and motionless, and the eyes rigidly fixed;
during sleep it moves its nostrils frequently, if awake less often.

[20] Pollux, v. 72.

[21] Or, "as a waterproof."

[22] So Pollux, ib.