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WITH XATriih' AND A CAMEBA. 



I Avas once severely l)itten by one when a bov, 

 and was ,i>Teatly afraid I sliould die from lijdro- 

 j3li()l)ia in consequence, until I discovered by 

 dili,i«,-ent inquiry that it was an accident wliicli occa- 

 sionally fell to t]i(> lot of o:aniekeepers and poachers. 



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RABBITS AT PLAY 



I also learned something of a still rarer accident 

 which sometimes befalls an unlucky Ferret. If one 

 be turned into a l)urrow, and tinding- a Rabbit fails 

 to bolt it, a second is generally sent along to help 

 him. Instead, however, of exerting their c(unl)ined 

 efforts to accomplish this, they p]'ol)al)ly, throiigli 

 jealousy, fall iq)on each other and one of tliem is 

 generally dug out dead. 



