22 THE NATURALIST IN BERMUDA. 
These animals are extremely well adapted to the climate 
and scanty fare of the Islands, and, from their very great 
utility, should be more generally encouraged. 
Sheep, of a very ordinary description, are also imported 
from the United States, and, sometimes, from the North 
American Colonies, to supply the market. They are seldom 
seen beyond the limits of the importers’ sheep pen. 
Goats are kept by most housekeepers, who do not allow 
them to roam at large, but usually tether them, with some 
yards of rope, to a stake driven in the ground, on some 
erassy patch, where they nibble away through the day, and 
at night are taken up and secured in an outhouse. They 
are generally very tame, and are frequently made pets of, 
eating from the hand almost everything offered. They are 
also extremely susceptible of cold ; and when a cool, rainy 
day in autumn sets in, they shiver all over, and bleat con- 
tinually, until removed under shelter. The islands are well 
adapted for these animals, and they thrive on the stunted 
herbage, which an English farmer would look upon with a 
melancholy eye. 
Pigs are imported from the United States, and likewise 
reared in the islands. When fatted, (with the aid of Ame- 
rican Indian corn and meal,) this native pork sells at a 
lower price than ordinary butchers’ meat. 
Regarding the rabbit (Lepus cuniculus) Mr. Hurdis sends 
us the following note :— 
“On the 22nd January, 1851, rowed to one of the 
uninhabited islands of the Great Sound, in company with 
Mr. Hodgson Smith, for the express purpose of ‘rabbit 
shooting” Found several of those animals among the 
sharp rocks and densely growing stunted cedars, and suc- 
