104 



R A B B E T. Class! 



22. R-^BBET. Cimkulus. The Rabbet, or Lcpus cunlculus. /,/« ^/. 



Cony. Rail fyn^ quad. 205. 77. 



Miycr's an. i. Talu 83. Lepus cauda breviffima pa- 



Gcfncr quad. 562. _ piHis rubris. Faun. Suec, 



Lepus caudatus, obfcure cinerc- 26. 



us. BriJD'on quad. 95. Cuniculus terram fodiens; 



2)^ ^///^o« Tom. vi. 303. Tab. Klein quad. 52. 



ro CI -^^. ZW. 43. Syn. quad. No, 



186. 



^r/>. Cwningen Ger. Koniglein, Kanincliln 



Fren. Le Lapin Duf. Konyn 



//fl/, Coniglio ^ 5wf^. Kanin 



5/^7«. Conejo ' Da77. Kanine 



Fort. Coelho 



I 



T is well^bferved by P%, that nature ' hath 

 (hewed great kindnefs, in caufing thofe things 



* to be mod prolific, that are the mod harmlefs 



* and the propereft for our food *.' 



Prolific. This excellent obfervation of his, cannot be 

 better iiiuftrated than in fhewing the. great fruit- 

 fulnefs of this animal -, as it far exceeds that proof, 

 brought by the ingenious author of the ceconomy 

 qf nature, in fupport of the fame quotation. The 



ii'Qvj'' 



K^'^ ' :lil(lance he produces is the pigeon -, vvhofe increafe^ 



\V.V^ ^,.-^- 'ifrom one pair, may in four years amount to 



^ 14.760 t; but rabbets will breed kvcn times a 



K^ 



1L' IS* 



* Benigna circa hoc natiira, innocua et efcuknta animalia 



facunda gcmra<vit. Lib. viii. c, 55. 



t Vide Sn;jidijh EfTays, tranflated by Mr. StilUngfeet, Ed. 



ift. p. 75. 



year, 



