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to afcertain their exact value ; but Mr. Hamilton of 

 Terala is fo well perfuaded of the fuperiority of the 

 foil, though fandy, for agricultural purpofes, that he 

 has broken up a confiderable part of his warren, and 

 intends improving the whole, which probably would 

 anfwer, even though it was to be returned to its former 

 Jftate ; for rabbits, like all other animals, are profitable 

 in proportion to the goodnefs of their food. The rab- 

 bits on the Maze-courfe are very fine, from the accefs 

 they have to the well cultivated fields within their 

 reach; and the few flragglers, that are to be met with 

 in other places, are fo much larger than the warren 

 rabbits, that they feem to be almofl a different fpecies. 



SECT. 6. Poultry. 



POULTRY of all kinds are reared; of the common 

 fowl every cottage has a brood or two; for this faci- 

 lity we afe indebted, amongft many other obligations, 

 to the potatoe, which, with the addition of a fmall 

 quantity of other food, forms an excellent fupport for 

 them. The earlieft chickens are generally mtt with at 

 the cottages, in which the fowl ufually rooft at night; 

 the warmth imparted to them by this means renders 

 the hens fooner prolific in the fpring, than when they 

 rooft in colder fituations, fuch as hen-houfes ufually 

 are. Turkeys are alfo bred, but being at an early age 



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