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fer that it should not be killed at all. But 

 there it would so unquestionably be wander- 

 ing from the point that all discussion would 

 be unprofitable. 



I have hunted rabbits in some localities 

 where you might tramp all day and not see 

 hide or hair of one unless you " toted " a 

 ferret. In such parts of the country the un- 

 derbrush and cover have been pastured and 

 burned out, and a plentiful supply of brush is 

 not to be had. If you go out after a light 

 snow has fallen you will be surprised at the 

 number of rabbit-tracks which you will see, 

 and also mystified, if you are unfamiliar with 

 that kind of country, by the scarcity of rab- 

 bits. If you have a first-class dog you may 

 stir up a couple of bunnies out of the shocks 

 in some cornfield, or you may pick up two or 

 three in out-of-the-way corners of fences and 

 fields. But in the woods you will go along 

 over miles and miles of territory, literally car- 

 peted with rabbit-tracks, without jumping a 

 solitary rabbit. 



Along some of the northern and north- 

 western rivers and among the woods and hills 

 through which they run, there are quite a 

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