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common in the early days, but I have not heard of one hav- 

 ing been seen for many years. They are probably exter-* 

 minated. 



Rabbits were very abundant in an early day, both the 

 gray or cottontail, and the large jack rabbits. The cotton- 

 tails are still almost as plentiful as ever, but the jack rabbits 

 have been very much thinned out excepting where there 

 are large tracts of pasture land, where they are yet quite 

 abundant. 



