330 FARMING FOR LADIES. [chap. xvi. 



the sandy sides of which they burrow to the ex- 

 tent of ten to fourteen feet to make their nest. 

 Mr. Young, the proprietor, however intends to 

 fill up three feet of the depth, as he thinks 

 the rabbits should be brought nearer to the 

 air. Those kept in an enclosure of the Zoolo- 

 gical Gardens, in the Regent's Park, are, 

 indeed, all maintained upon the surface, and 

 within is a low circular building in a pictu- 

 resque form, which most of our readers must 

 have seen, both covering their burrows, and 

 forming a nestling place for the young ; but, 

 as the species there kept are only for curiosity, 

 they are so few as not to occasion the damage 

 to which the fences would be exposed if many 

 were bred. The mode of catching those in 

 the pit is with a long stick, forked at the end, 

 which is hooked upon their neck when they 

 come out to feed ; or they may be snared 

 with a bit of wire fastened at the end of the 

 stick. 



In point of food the rabbit is far from deli- 

 cate, and consumes, perhaps, more in propor- 

 tion to its size than most other animals. The 

 feeding should, therefore, be abundant, and 

 regularly given three times a day ; for, if 



