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and Kuhautara, of which 500 acres are flat land under culti- 
vation, or laid down in pasture, and the rest is chiefly round 
hills, some of which have been ploughed and others are being 
ploughed. This land has been for the most part fenced with 
Rabbit-netting. Poison has been and is used, and, though there 
are Ferrets on it, they are as far as possible caught and taken 
on to the run. Mr. F. Bullen occasionally shoots over this land, 
and takes care that Rabbits do not establish themselves there. 
Besides this Messrs. Bullen have 800 acres of fine limestone 
hill on the Point, and running down to the Quay at Kaikoura. 
This was acquired over two years ago, and was then swarming 
with Rabbits. It was fenced with wire-netting and thoroughly 
poisoned. Messrs. Bullen ploughed it, and it was, when I saw 
it, covered with fine crops of swedes and turnips. Nowhere 
could I see any sign of a Rabbit. 
I have dealt with these two farms in order to avoid any con- 
fusion. I now come to the main run, which contains 90,000 
acres, and lies between the rivers Kahautara on the north, 
Conway on the south, and is bounded on the east and south-east 
partly by the sea and partly by other properties. The run 
consists of land of various formations and qualities, from rock 
and clay to shingle-beds and limestone, though the last is of 
comparatively small extent. The upper hills for the most part 
are covered with tussock, but the sides and gullies have con- 
siderable areas of fern, small bush, and scrub. The homestead 
and country known as the Green Hills, which forms part of the 
run, is at an altitude of 1600 feet above the sea, and in part lies 
close under ranges, which, when I was there, were covered with 
snow. Some 9000 acres are flat and low downs, ploughable, 
and of this about 4000 acres have been ploughed, and were 
partly in grass and partly in root-crops. Beyond this 9000 
acres the run is of such a character that all mustering must be 
done on foot. The Rabbits (which are the silver-grey) began to 
show themselves in serious numbers in 1870, and continued to 
increase rapidly in the following years. In 1872 Messrs. Bullen 
turned out a dozen Ferrets, and from that time continued to 
turn out Ferrets in small numbers, as they could get them, up 
to 1878, when they began breeding Ferrets ; and since then they 
have turned out from 100 to 200 Ferrets yearly. In 1875, 1876, 
and 1877, Messrs. Bullen had from ten to twelve rabbiters in 
