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flesh put upon them by former high keeping ; 

 and on demanding the cause of this unfavour- 

 able change, discovered it to be in the quan- 

 tity of 'hog- weed' with which they had been 

 daily supplied in his absence; and, on this 

 being discontinued, they soon recovered their 

 pristine condition." 



Mr. Young, however, thinks that carrots 

 and parsley are what the rabbits are most 

 fond of; but that oats and hay should always 

 be given along with as much green food as 

 they can reasonably consume. The hay is 

 suspended in a rack placed in the centre of 

 his little warren; and, in this manner, he 

 brings them, at five or six months old, to the 

 weight of a full sized hare : or from four to 

 six or seven pounds ! We know, however, 

 that those dealers who in London wish to 

 bring them promptly forward, feed them solely 

 upon oats, fine middlings, or meal of wheat 

 and pollard made into paste with chandler's 

 greaves. 



Moubray having stated that " he killed a 

 buck, which weighed three pounds, fit for the 

 spit ; was put up in good case, and was only 

 one month in feeding ; consuming not quite 



