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too, and very timid, and manages to 
escape for a while. But from a stoat 
there is no escape. The burrow is no 
defence, for the stoat can follow where- 
ever a rat can go, let alonea rabbit, and 
can crawl into the nursery and help 
itself to young rabbit whenever it feels 
inclined. And when in the open the 
rabbit seems to recognize the impos- 
sibility of escape, and hardly tries to do 
so, hopping sluggishly in front of its 
bloodthirsty pursuer until it is overtaken 
and devoured. 
Yet, with all their enemies, rabbits 
increase, until they have to be reduced 
in numbers by shooting, trapping, and 
netting. For they have a large number 
of young several times a year, and this 
enables them to more than keep pace 
with the destruction which goes on in 
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