CHAP. XVI.] FARMING FOR LADIES. 339 



of a regular cure ; and, if seriously attacked, 

 should be knocked on the head. 



The most usual mode of killing it — as being 

 the most sudden and the least painful — is by 

 a blow upon the neck ; which, thus breaking 

 it, deprives it of life, and the throat is imme- 

 diately deeply cut with a pen-knife, either 

 across the throat, or upwards to the jaws : 

 though some persons omit the blow, as it in 

 a slight degree checks the free discharge of 

 blood. 



If not instantly dressed, it should be hung 

 up by the fore feet ; and not, as commonly 

 done, by the hind legs, which — as stated in 

 Chapter XIV. — drains the flesh of its juice : 

 an observation which may also be applied to 

 the hare. 



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