But enter any wild tract of wood or high 

 swamp along the creek, and look sharp as you cut 

 across the undergrowth. You will not go far 

 before finding a narrow runway under your feet. 

 It is about five inches wide, leading in no partic- 

 ular direction, and is evidently made by cutting 

 off the small stems of vines and bushes at an inch 

 or more from the ground. The work looks as if 

 it had been laid out by rule and done with a 

 sharp knife, it is so regular and clean. 



This is a rabbit road. Follow it a few rods 

 and you will find it crossed by another road, ex- 

 actly similar. Take this new path now, and 

 soon you are branching off, turning, and joining 

 other roads. You are in rabbit-land, traveling 

 its highways the most complicated and entan- 

 gling system of thoroughfares that was ever con- 

 structed. The individual roads are straight 

 and plain enough, but at a glance one can 

 see that the plan of the system is intended to 

 bewilder and lead astray all who trespass here. 

 Without a map and directions no one could 

 hope to arrive at any definite point through 

 such a snarl. 



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