For decidedly idiosyncratic poetic reasons, he insisted on using " gravid " for pregnant and " leveret " for hare.
12.
A contemporary newspaper report has the gale forcing " Leveret " onto the " Long Sand ", where she lost her rudder.
13.
She conspired in the robbery with Leveret, a telegraph operator who knew the stage's schedule, ambushed it and murdered the driver.
14.
At the end of the book, we learn that he has married Hon Rosie, and that they have had several baby hares ( leverets ).
15.
One night while eating this food they hear the cry of a hare and find that the stoat badger met earlier has killed one of Hare's leverets.
16.
Just as the trio of would-be rescuers realize their peril, Field Marshal Meldrum Fallowthorn the Magnificent bounds to their aid, accompanied by his four leveret nephews.
17.
The Beast then goes on a rampage in Farthing Wood territory, killing several of the smaller creatures and nearly killing Leveret, but he escapes and his mate is killed instead.
18.
No lives were lost as a fishing smack, the " Samuel ", came up and " Leveret " s crew used her boats to transfer to the smack.
19.
After a 42-day-long pregnancy, the female gives birth to from one to three young, termed leverets, per litter and may have as many as 4 litters per year.
20.
In Yukon, 30-day survival of radio-tagged leverets was 46 %, 15 %, and 43 % for the first, second, and third litters of the year, respectively.
