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been melted away and there is nothing to 

 guide you in locating the holes. You will find 

 them on the hill-sides and often near the 

 edges of a creek or a ravine. You will also 

 discover them under tree-trunks and around 

 stumps. It is safe to try almost any hole. It 

 is unsafe to send a hungry ferret into a hole 

 where there is no outlet, for he will have too 

 much of an opportunity to seize the rabbit and 

 gorge himself under such circumstances. 



All sport has an element of cruelty in it, 

 viewed from the sentimental stand-point. I 

 once heard an eloquent discourse against hunt- 

 ing rabbits delivered by a gentleman of tender 

 sensibilities, his mouth full of a turkey whose 

 head he had hacked off with a dull axe to 

 grace the Thanksgiving feast. The sensible 

 way to look at this branch of sport is that 

 rabbits were created for man and not man for 

 the rabbits. 



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