SCCt. V. THE COUNTY OF FIFE. 269. 



SECT. V. RABBITS. 



RABBITS are bred in considerable number's 

 on the extensive links and sand-banks along the 

 shore, and on several tracts of sandy ground in 

 the more inland parts of the county. But 

 though they are esteemed delicate eating, and 

 valuable for their skins, few consider them as 

 an object of importance, or attend to them with 

 a view to gain. 



SECT. VI. POULT RT. 



IN Fife there is abundance of all kinds of 

 poultry. Geese and Turkeys are to be seen 

 chiefly about the houses of the gentry, and of 

 some of the principal farmers. They are bred 

 principally for private use : few are brought to 

 the market. Ducks are bred more generally. 

 Not only gentlemen and farmers, but cottagers 

 also, where ever there is convenience, rear them. 

 They are easily brought up, not expensive in 

 feeding, and do less damage, perhaps, than any 

 other domestic fowl. But the dunghill fowl is 

 most universally bred, and is of all the most 

 profitable. When properly fed, it is delicate 

 eating. The eggs form a part of the food of 

 all classes ; and such as don't chuse to consume 

 them in their own families, find a ready market 

 for them, and a good price. As a proof of the 

 high estimation in which this species of poultry 

 is held by persons of taste, the tenants have been, 

 for time immemorial, and still continue to be. 



