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 SECTION LXIIL 



( 

 Management of Rabbits y what Land proper for 



a Warren. Meam of improving hand by 



Rabbits. 



THE mod nccefiary precaution to be obferv- 

 eii, v.'ith refpcdl to rabbits, is to prevent their 

 being deftroyed by their numerous enemies* 

 particularly foxes, fumarts or weafels, gleads, 

 hawks, &c. 



In great fnows, or flormy weather, they riiiifl 

 be ferved with fome fort of food* For this 

 purpofeit vvill beneceflary in hay-time to fet up 

 a flack in the middle of the warren, amongft or 

 near the burrows, banked round ; and when the 

 flack-garth is thrown down, the bank makes an 

 excellent burrow for the rabbits to breed in. — 

 The boughs of trees are good for rabbits at fuch 

 feafon and in fuch weather, as they are fond of 

 peeling and eating the bark. 



Thofe rabbits which appear weak and poor 

 fliould be killed off in the proper feafon, for 

 they frequently die in the burrows j by which 

 iPiCans both the (iefh and fkins are lofl: and 

 fnould they furvive, they wili not add much to 

 the next yearns produce. The 



