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By care it may be improved j cither by the 

 faireft of its own individuals, or by thofe of 

 a kindred variety ; not by zforeignfpecies. 



XVIII. RABBITS. The Wold warrens are 

 numerous, and fome of them very extenfive. 

 COLDHAM-WARREN is at prefent, I believe, 

 the largeft upon thefe Wolds ; and, probably, 

 the moft valuable warren in the Ifland. The 

 Coldham farm contains about nineteen hun- 

 dred acres ; and, fpeaking generally, it is all 

 warren: nor, however, wholly appropriate4 

 to rabbits, a flock of fix to eight hundred 

 Jkeep being kept within the warren-walls ; 

 principally, however, on one fide of the war- 

 ren, away from the burrowing-grounds. 



This appears to be a practice peculiar to 

 the Wolds *, where batter foil is appro- 

 priated to rabbit-warren than is perhaps in 

 any other part of the Ifland. The Coldham- 

 warren, in point of foil, ' is moft of it worth 

 ten to twelve (hillings an acre ; fome of it 

 fifteen or fixteen (hillings -[-. As thefe better 

 S 3 parts 



* OfYorkfliire and LincolnfliirCj whofc hills like- 

 wife abound much with rabbit-warren. 



f But the prefent bleakaefs of the/Jr*a/;V renders it 

 f little more than half the value. 



