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the shape of cabbage, lettuce, &c., which may be discon- 

 tinued as soon as the restrictions on their movements are 

 removed, when hunger will show the whereabouts of a 

 greater abundance than they are able to obtain in the neigh- 

 bourhood of their burrows or forms. 



If the ground available be extensive, it would not be at 

 all unpractical to utilise the fencing several times over at 

 different parts of the proposed warren, and so divide the 

 silver-greys turned down amongst various portions of the 

 place ; when, one part being unfavourable, the others run a 

 chance of being more suited, particularly if the various spots 

 chosen offer opposite characteristics of soil and covert. Of 

 course wire netting is the only kind of fence applicable, 

 and certainly could not be improved on. As to cost and 

 quality we cannot do better than recommend application 

 to some of the well-known firms for quotations and samples 

 of such as were mentioned in the foregoing chapter as the 

 most suitable. 



How to obtain a sufficiency of silver-grey rabbits is a ques- 

 tion not easy to answer in a satisfactory manner; for, 

 although there are, no doubt, hundreds obtainable, the price 

 asked would be ruinous, as they are unmistakably a fancy 

 rabbit, and fanciers value their live stock pretty highly. We 

 should think, however, the best way would be to advertise for 

 a supply, making the proviso that they be silver-grey rabbits 

 and nothing more, endeavouring to obtain, if possible, an 

 equal number of bucks and does. We would resolutely 

 reject any but healthy, good-looking, young specimens, all 

 the claptrap as to the superiority of worn-out, diseased old 

 ones, to the contrary. The price would range, we should 



