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of this plan ' — and from personal experience we can 

 vouch for its efficacy. The only drawback is the time 

 it takes when a large number of burrows have to be 

 worked. 



One other method of bolting rabbits remains to be 

 noticed, namely by means of a fuse. Several different 

 kinds have been advocated ; perhaps the most efficient, 

 judging by results, are those made by Messrs. Brunton 

 & Co., Cambrian Safety Fuse Works, Wrexham. It 

 is on record that in the park at Weald Hall, Brent- 

 wood, Essex, after the use of some of these fuses a 

 party of six guns shot 1,027 rabbits in one day, 

 and on the following day over the same beat 405 

 more.* 



It is to be observed, however, that in the employ- 

 ment of fuses, success must in some measure depend 

 upon the nature of the ground ; for where the burrows 

 are large and rambling, it has been found by 

 experience that fuses are of little or no use.^ 



^ T/ie Field, November 12 and 26, 1892. 

 '■^ Ibid. February 4 and ii, 1893. 



