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     MARINE ECOLOGY COURSE. The Sea and Shores of Fundy is the name of a course to be 
     
     offered Sept. 13 to 19, 1980 in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. .mong topics on the 
     
     program are use and conservation of coastal resources, implications for international 
     
     fisheries, and abundance of life in the sea. The course is organized by Sunbury 
     
     Shores Arts and Nature Centre in conjunction with the Huntsman Marine Laboratory 
     
    

    
     and the Biological Station in St. Andrews. The program will be developed through 
     
     laboratory sessions, informal discussion, background reading and field trips. For 
     
     further information write to Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre, St. Andrews, 
     
     N.B., roc- 2X0. ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     OF HARES AND HAIRS by David Cairns 
     
    
   
   
    
     The familiar four—legged hopping creature 
     
     of Island woodlots and thickets is called 
     
    

    
     a what? To a biologist, this menace of 
     
     brchards and delight of foxes is known as 
     
    

    
     a hare, but to everyone else, the name is 
     
     rabbit. 
     
    

    
     Why then are the biologists so obstinate in 
     
     their appellation? It has to do, at least 
     
     'partly.with he re. Hares, unl'ke rabbits, 
     
    
   
   
    
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     hares, this coat changes colour every 
     
    

    
     spring and fall. Hares also spend all of 
     
     their time above ground, whereas rabbits are 
     
     burrowing creatures. (Hence the necessity 
     
     of wire mesh floor under the tame rabbit \ 
     
    
   
   
    
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     So hares are hares for a good reason. But 
     
     if you can't bring yourself to use this 
     
     term, you may call them all bunnies. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
     Signs of fair weather: high clouds, wind from the west, evening rainbow, 
     
     clear sunset. And foul: red sky in the morning, strong south wind with 
     
     clouds from the west, distant sounds carry with clarity, wind from the east.