LETTERS TO YOUNG SHOOTERS ' LETTER 



TQ rid a garden, or any inclosure that is fenced 

 in, of rabbits, fix up small swinging doors as in 

 figs. 81, 82, and 83. The rabbits will soon learn to 

 use them. 



FIG. 81. SWING DOOR FOR TURNING RABBITS OUTSIDE AX IXCLOSURE. 



It consists of a frame of wood a foot square, with an inner frame 

 in the form of a door to swing lightly on spindles (AB, fig. 81). 

 The swing door to be covered with wire netting of H-iri. mesh 

 (fig- 81). 



Fix the frame against a hole that is level with the ground in the 

 foot of the fence or wall that surrounds the inclosure which holds too 

 many rabbits (fig. 82, next page). Fasten the swing door wide open 

 with a stick or cord for two days, so that the rabbits may pass 

 through it in and out of the inclosure as they like. 



The third day allow the door to swing down into position, that 

 the rabbits may learn (as they soon will) to push through the door 

 backwards and forwards. 



About the fifth day put a small peg in the ground (B, fig. 83), in 

 such a way that the door of the frame (A, fig. 83) can only swing 



