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divisions have an outer door in front; and, in order that the door of 

 the sleeping-place may not be opened by any stranger, it is fastened 

 by an iron pin, which cannot be seen or touched till the door of the 

 eating-place is opened. Mr. Pratt pointed this out to us as an 

 improvement in the construction of rabbit-hutches, well deserving 

 of imitation wherever there is any chance of boys or idle persons 

 getting into the rabbit-house. The rabbits are fed on garden 

 vegetables and bran, barley, oatmeal, and hay, making frequent 

 changes; the vegetables being gathered three or four days before 

 being used, and laid in a heap to sweat, in order to depri\'e them of 

 a portion of their moisture. Salt is also given occasionally with the 

 bran. Cleanliness, and frequent change of food, have now, for five 

 years, kept the rabbits in constant health. It ought never to be 

 forgotten, that attention to the above rules, in partially drying green 

 succulent vegetables, is essential to the thriving of rabbits kept in 

 liutches ; and, hence, in London and other large towns, instead of 

 fresh vegetables, they are fed with clover hay. One of the kinds 

 of rabbit bred at Mr. Harrison's is the hare rabbit, mentioned in the 

 Encydopccdia nf AgricuUure, ^7355, the flesh of which resembles 

 that of the hare in quantity and flavor. Mr. Pratt has fed rabbits 

 here, which, when killed, weighed 11 lbs. We can testify to their 

 excellence when cooked. 

 €7, Coach-house, with stairs to hay-loft. 68, Stable. 



69, Mill-house, containing mills for bruising cornfor poultry, a portable 

 flour mill, a lathe, and grinding-machine for sharpening garden 

 instruments and similar articles. In the Angel Inn in Oxford, some 

 years ago, a lathe of tiiis sort was used for cleaning shoes, the 

 brushes being fixed to the circumference of the wheel, and the shoes 

 applied to them, while the wlieel was turned round by a tread lever, 

 or treadle. 



70, Root-house, containing binns for keeping different kinds of potatoes, 

 carrots, parsnips, Jerusalem artichokes, beets, and yellow, French, 

 and white turnips, with shelves for onions ; and a loft over, which i.n 

 used as a fruit room. The fruit is kept partly on shelves, and 

 partly on cupboard trays. 



71, Store place for beer or ale, which is brewed by Mr. Pratt for the 



