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the security and consequent increase of rabbits, and if any 

 particular number be necessary, full particulars will be found 

 in the chapter on Rabbit Warrens. Where rabbits are 

 fairly plentiful and are annually killed down to prevent 

 undue increase, there is a killing season, commencing in 

 October and lasting for about three months, during which 

 they are netted, snared, trapped and sent to market. All 

 this is fully treated of in " Practical Trapping." 



