172 KILLINGCORNET BUTTERCUP. 



quarts of oats, with hay, cabbage, lucerne, bunias 

 orientatis, and chicory ; the skin, silver and black, 

 worth four pence. 



In SLAUGHTERING full-grown rabbits, after the 

 usual stroke upon the neck, the throat should be 

 perforated upwards towards the jaws with a small 

 pointed knife, in order that the blood may be eva- 

 cuated, which would otherwise settle in the head 

 and neck. It is an abomination to kill poultry by 

 the slow and torturing method of bleeding to death, 

 hung up by the heels, the veins of the mouth being 

 cut; but still more so the rabbit, which in that 

 situation utters horrible screams. The ENTRAILS 

 of the rabbit, whilst fresh, are said to be good food 

 for fish, being thrown into ponds. 



The rabbit is a CARESSING animal, and equally 

 fond, with the cat, of the head being stroked ; at 

 the same time, it is not destitute of courage. A 

 whimsical lady admitted a buck rabbit, named as 

 above (Corney Buttercup,) into the house, where he 

 became her companion for upwards of a twelve- 

 month. He soon intimidated the largest cats so 

 much, by chasing them round the room, and dart- 

 ing upon them, and tearing off their hair by mouth- 

 fuls, that they very seldom dared to approach; He 

 slept in the lap by choice, or upon a chair, or the 

 hearth-rug, and was as full of mischief and tricks as 

 a monkey. He destroyed all rush-bottomed chairs 

 within his reach, and would refuse nothing to eat 

 or drink, which was eaten or drank by any other 

 member of the family. 



No live stock is less liable to DISEASE than the 



