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it with your hand or a stick behind the ears : 

 first, because you are not quite sure to kill it 

 with the first blow ; and secondly, if you do, 

 half the blood in the rabbit will settle in a 

 great bruise at the spot where it was struck, 

 and make that portion unfit for table. 



That is sufficient for this morning, and you 

 may now turn to a little lighter work with 

 some algebra. 



