Below Orion is Lepus, the Hare, a small constellation containing some remarkable doubles.

This is remarkable, as Gervais gives seven as the number for the whole genus Lepus.

Lepus = Julius Hare, author of "Guesses at Truth."

The gods surrounded Orion with celestial animals for him to hunt; Lepus, the rabbit, and Taurus, the bull.

A single fragment of the bone of a hare (Lepus timidus) has been found at Moosseedorf.

Even its Latin name, bestowed in 1759 by the great Swedish scientist Carl Linneaus, reflects its watchful nature: Lepus timidus.

LEPUS.-Oneof the southern constellations, placed near Orion, according to Grecian fable, because it was one of the animals which he hunted.

He has licensed five months of this cruel and discredited blood sport, despite claiming to be a keen admirer of Lepus Timidus Hibernicus.

An adult male hare (Lepus brachyurus angustidens) was discovered in a moribund condition in the bush in the mountains of Aomori prefecture in Japan.

Reports, 1845; H. M. Vernon, Variation in Animals and Plants (London, 1903) F. H. Welch, ''Winter Coat in Lepus americanus,'' Proc.