The Story of a HareTregarthen, J. C. (John Coulson)
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The Story of a Hare
Tregarthen, J. C. (John Coulson)
Hares -- Fiction
Taking the hint, Sir Tudor left his mare and the hounds in charge of the
whipper-in, and casting his eyes right and left as he went in the hope
of seeing the hare, made his way to the extremity of the headland.
“What do you call this point?”
“Why, bless thee, I thought every grown man knowed that!”
“’Tes the Land’s End.”
“Ah!” ejaculated Sir Tudor reflectively. He was moved at learning that
he stood at the uttermost verge of the land; for a moment he forgot all
about the hare, but only for a moment.
“I hope she’s not gone over,” said he, as he looked down at the seething
waters. Then after a pause, he added with much feeling—“She was as
stout a hare as ever stood before hounds.”
He quite believed that the jack had leaped over rather than be taken;
but he was wrong. The distressed creature had found a sanctuary amongst
the rocks, where the hounds would never have found him even had they
been allowed to search.
There we will leave him, for though his after years were marked by
hairbreadth escapes, his adventures do not exceed in interest those that
have been chronicled.
One incident, however, must be mentioned.
Within four days of the chase he returned to Hannibal’s Carn, where he
found a mate worthy of his fine qualities, and for a time his happiness
was complete.
All his days he remained true to his native hill; in the end he crept
beneath the ruins of the chantry, and there the toad guarded the portal
of his death-chamber.
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[8] _Pron._ Choon.
[9] A spot marked by a granite post, where the parishes of Gulval,
Madron, Morvah, and Zennor meet.
[10] The food taken at the meal between breakfast and dinner.
[11] A toothsome cake peculiar to Cornwall.
INDEX
A
Andrew, 136, 144, 190
Angler, 52, 158
Antiquary, 189
B
Badger, 17, 42, 90, 181
Bartinney, 13
Beacon wood, 97
Bees, 44
Boscawen-Un, 88, 101, 134
Boswarthen, 89
Brea farmyard, 137
Buzzard, 6
C
Caer Bran, 2, 88, 151
Chapel Carn Brea, 2, 67, 80, 86, 96, 107, 122, 134, 148, 179
Chough, 116
Crowz-an-Wra, 25, 140
Cuckoo, 4
D
Den, polecat’s, 65, 155
marten’s, 100
F
Fairies’ Green, 14, 36, 127
Fiddler, 144, 190
Flail, 189
Fog, 83
Fox, 28
G
Galver, 182
Gannets, 115
Genvor, 33
Glow-worms, 50
Golden plover, 120
Golden Valley, 49, 86, 180
Graymalkin, 34, 107
Grey Fox, 83, 108, 118, 145
H
Hannibal’s Carn, 186, 192
Harriers, 183
Hedgehog, 84
Hurricane, 87
I
Ives, St, 184
J
Johanna’s Garden, 42, 66, 89, 128
K
Kite, 5, 131
Kites’ Carn, 101, 132
L
Land’s End, 25, 100, 184, 192
Liddens, 105, 149, 188
Linnet, 21
Lizard, 100
Longships, 33, 84
Lurcher, 88, 109
M
Magpie, 14, 23, 65
Marten, 98, 116
Miller, 52, 56, 65
Mill-pool, 51
Morvah, 182
Mount’s Bay, 100
Mules, 72
N
Neck, crying the, 48
O
Otters, 50, 71
Owl, 56, 98, 142
P
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