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the above rules, in partially drying green succulent vegetables, is essen- 

 tial to the thriving of rabbits kept in hutches ; and, hence, in London and 

 other large towns, instead of fresh vegetables, they are fed with clover- 

 hay. One of the kinds of rabbit bred at Mr. Harrison's is the hare rab- 

 bit, mentioned in the Encyclopccdia of Agriculture, §73.55, the flesh of 

 which resembles that of the hare, in quantity and flavour. Mr. Pratt has 

 fed rabbits here, which, when killed, weighed 11 lbs. We can testify to 

 their excellence when cooked. 



[Fig. 9. View from tlie Chinese Temple.I 



67, Coach-house, with stairs to hay-loft. 68, Stable. 



69, Mill-house, containing mills for bruising corn for poultry, a portable 

 flour mill, a lathe, and grinding-machine for sharpening garden instru- 

 ments and similar articles. In the Angel Inn in Oxford, some years ago, 

 a lathe of this sort was used for cleaning shoes, the brushes being fixed 

 to the circumference of the wheel, and the shoes applied to them, while 

 the wheel was turned round by a tread lever, or treadle. 



70, Root-house, containing bins for keeping different kinds of potatoes, car- 

 rots, parsnips, Jerusalem artichokes, beets, and yellow, French, and 

 white turnips, with shelves for onions; and a loft over, which is used as 



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