OUTDOOR LIFE IN ENGLAND 



Rabbits Liver Disease of Rabbits Disease caused by 

 Overcrowding Re-stocking a Manor with Rabbits 

 Counties most suitable for Rabbits Assertion that Rabbits 

 once domesticated do not burrow White Wild Rabbits 

 Black Wild Rabbits Tame Rabbits Rabbit-farm ing- 

 Effect of Rabbits on Pasture-lands Condition of Rabbits 

 when born Hedge Rabbits stated not to burrow Wood 

 Rabbits and Ferreting Rabbits at Play Notice to quit 

 Rabbit-poaching Distribution of Rabbits to the Poor 

 ^ Necessity for paunching Rabbits soon after killing Dis- 



B '.jtofcs^'of^dame in a Larder Crossing of English Rabbits 



, .vyjth Foreigners. 



THE extent to which we are indebted to what 

 is termed the brute creation can hardly be over- 

 estimated. Our comfort, happiness indeed, our 

 very existence is dependent on theirs. Each 

 living thing contributes its share towards maintain- 

 ing the balance of Nature ; the smallest, and 

 apparently the most insignificant, object is fre- 

 quently capable of performing the most important 

 duties, and of this the microscope affords us 

 constant proof. Each day reveals the existence 

 of creatures hitherto unknown. So long as the 

 world remains, the labours of the naturalist can 

 never cease, and each new discovery leaves us 

 more awestruck than before at the infinite power 

 of the Creator. And all these things, from the 

 greatest to the least, were brought into being 

 for our benefit. They, surely, claim our deepest 

 interest. 



The man who cannot love animals but half 

 lives ; life to such an individual must be a very 



