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4. SPECIES of RABBITS. Until of late years, 

 the common grey rabbit probably the na- 

 tive wild rabbit of the Ifland was the only 

 fpecies. At prefent, the fliver-baired rabbit 

 is fought after, and has, within the few laft 

 years, been introduced into moft warrens f. 

 The fkin of the grey rabbit is ntf ; that is, 

 the " wool" is pared off the pelt as a mate- 

 rial of bats : whereas that of the (ilver-baired 

 :abbit is drejjed as/#r ; which, it is faid, goes 

 principally to the Eafl-Indics. The colour, 

 a black ground, thickly interfperfed with 

 fingle white hairs. The fkins of this variety 

 fell for about four millings a-dozcn more than 

 thofe of the common fort ; a fufficknt in- 

 ducement this for propagating it. 



5. METHOD OF TAKING RABBITS. The 

 Wold-warrcners have three ways of catching 

 their rabbits : with fold-nets with fpring- 

 mts and with " tipes ;" a fpecies of trap. 



The fold-nets are fet about midnight, be- 

 tween the burrows and the feeding-grounds ; 

 the rabbits being driven in with dogs, and 

 kept inclofed in the fold until morning. 



The 



f Some of the Lincolnfhirc warrens, it ii faid, are 

 already wholly flocked with this variety. 



