220 IVith Care^Healihy. 



chairs within his reach, and would refuse 

 nothing to eat or drink, which was eaten or 

 drank by any other member of the family. 



No live stock is less liable to disease 

 than the rabbit, with regular and careful at- 

 tention, such as has been pointed out, so 

 that any sudden and accidental disorder is 

 best and most cheaply remedied by a stroke 

 behind the ears. But want of care must be 

 remedied, if at all, by an opposite conduct, 

 and improper food exchanged for its contra- 

 ry. Thus if rabbits become pot-bellied, 

 in the common phrase, from being fed on 

 loose vegetable trash, they must be cured 

 by good hard hay and corn, ground malt or 

 pease, or any substantial and absorbent food. 

 Their common liver complaints are incura- 

 ble, and when such are put up to fatten, 

 there is a certain criterion to be observed. 

 They wall not bear to be pushed beyond a 

 moderate degree of fatness, and should be 

 taken in time, as they are liable to drop off 

 suddenly. The dropsy and rot must be pre, 

 vented, as they are generally incurable ; nor 



