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another, and every hole is visited till evening 

 shades stop us ; then back home to supper 

 and bed, and at it again in the morning ; but 

 on the second day we begin by visiting each 

 hole we ferreted the day before, stopping 

 them tight down with sods, and sticking a 

 piece of white paper on the top of such 

 stopped holes. No fear of shutting in a 

 rabbit, as the smell of the tarred ferret will 

 keep them out for days ; and no fear of their 

 opening the stopping, as the paper will 

 drive them away. For four days this work 

 goes on, and we are ready to wager there is 

 not a hole in the cliffs or Denes that is not 

 doctored, and not a rabbit that is not above 

 ground. 



It was Wednesday night when we had 

 finished, and that evening the two boys from 

 the Rectory came down to the inn to see us 

 and get instructions for the morrow ; but I 

 was glad they did not stay long, for we 



