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The success of a warren, however, depends on the 

 burrows being distributed regularly over the pasture. 

 If this be attended to the rabbits will eat all the 

 grass, and be proportionately prolific : otherwise loss 

 is certain. 



It should be observed that this excellent advice of 

 Mr. Simpson is chiefly applicable to warrens in which 

 rabbits are bred for the market, and are taken by 

 means of ferrets and nets, or with a specially con- 

 structed 'trap fence.' Where the warren is laid out 

 for the purpose of shooting, something more than 

 this is required. For example, it will be found a 

 good plan to throw down heaps of faggots, which 

 afford excellent temporary shelter from wind and 

 rain. Rabbits love to lie under them, snug and dry, 

 and previous to a day's shooting the stacks may 

 easily be ferretted, and the rabbits, when driven out, 

 prevented from returning by surrounding the stacks 

 with wire-netting, which can be afterwards removed. 



From what has been already stated, under the 

 heading of Disease (p. 46), it will be seen that it is 

 of great importance that the ground should not 

 become stale or tainted, if a healthy stock of rabbits 

 is to be maintained ; and to prevent this one can 

 hardly do better than follow the advice of Mr. Lloyd 

 Price, whose experience in such matters is well 

 known. He recommends that portions of the ground 



