156 OF A HARE-WARREN. 



LETTER XII. 



You wish to know how my warren-hares are 



caught ? They are caught m traps, not unlike 



the common rat-traps. I leave mine always at 



the muses, but they are set only when hares are 



wanted : the hares, by thus constantly going 



through them, have no mistrust, and are easily 



caught. These traps should be made of old 



wood, and even then it will be some time before 



they will venture through them. Other muses 



must be also left open, lest a distaste should 



make them forsake the place. To my warren I 



have about twenty of these traps ; though as the 



stock of hares is great, I seldom have occasion 



to set more than five or six, and scarcely ever 



fail of catching as many hares. The warren is 



paled in, but I found it necessary to make the 



muses of brick ; that is, where the traps are 



placed. Should you at any time wish to make 



a hare-warren, it will be necessary for you to see 



one first, and examine the traps, boxes, and 



stoppers, to all which there are particularities 



