^Q R A B B I T 5. 38. 



38. 



RABBITS, 



THE SOIL of this county, viewed at large, 

 might be termed a rabbit-ibil ; and it is highly- 

 probable that, before its prefent fyftem of buf- 

 bandry took place, a confiderable part of it 

 was occupied by this fpecies of live flock. 



Ac prefent, however, they are, in this DiA 

 trid, wifely confined to the hcathlets, and the 

 barren hills upon the coaft. A level country 

 is unfit for rabbit-warrens, but convenient for 

 the plow : on the contrary, rabbits delight in 

 the fides of fandy hills ; which, where turn- 

 wrift plows are not in ufe, are extremely incon- 

 ven'ent for tillage ; and, when cultivated, are 

 generally unprodu6tive. 



The rabbit, on level ground, finds it diffi- 

 cult to make its burrow ; the excavated mould 

 is all to be dragged upward to the furface : 

 hence a piece o{ ground, altogether level, can 

 feldom be {locked fuccefsfuUy with rabbits; 



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