198 AMPTHILL RABBIT BAZAAR. 



adapted to the nourishment and support of rabbit- 

 stock. It was proposed to keep between four and 

 five thousand breeding does, which number is pro- 

 bably now complete. The young rabbits, from 

 seven to nine weeks old, are sent to Newgate and 

 Leadenhall markets, fifty to sixty dozen, weekly. 

 The quantity of dung produced, which is reserved 

 with the utmost care, and free from any extraneous 

 substances, must be very considerable and valuable. 

 A number of men and boys are employed in the con- 

 cern, under the direction of an experienced foreman, 

 and the utmost regularity of attention observed with 

 respect to management, feeding, and cleanliness. 



This Bazaar has been honoured by the visits of per- 

 sons of the highest rank ; of his Majesty William IV. 

 when Duke of Clarence, his Grace the Duke of Bed- 

 ford, Lord Holland, Lord Vernon, and a number of 

 ladies and gentlemen. 



I repeat the above particulars as memorable, 

 although this great undertaking came to an end 

 last year (1833), like so many former ones of a 

 similar nature, but on a far inferior scale. Mr. Fisher 

 probably found, though somewhat too late, that 

 his other great concerns were fully sufficient to 

 engage the whole of his attention. I have also 

 been informed by experienced persons, that the 

 expences necessarily attendant on such a concern 

 were too heavy to admit of an adequate return of 

 profit, one material item of which consisted in the 

 too great distance of Ampthill from the metropolis. 

 Nevertheless, it appears that three gentlemen were 

 about to continue this undertaking on a smaller 

 scale, at or near Shepherd's Bush. 



