180 ANIMAL COMPETITORS 
or hole, giving access to the outer, or dining- 
room. This outer apartment should be some- 
what larger and consist of a stout framework 
covered with chicken-wire on all sides, in- 
cluding the floor. Then, in fine weather, the 
hutch may be moved about the yard, and the 
rabbits will be able to eat the grass through 
the wire flooring; when the forage has been 
eaten in one spot, the affair may easily be. 
lifted and set down in another. However, in 
wet or chilly weather, a board floor should be 
provided, either within or beneath the cage. 
Dampness and chill are always to be avoided; 
hence the roof ought to slant so as to shed 
water, and the hutch ordinarily be raised above 
wet ground by supports, such as a brick under 
each corner. 
A few gimlet holes should be bored in the 
floor of the bedroom for drainage, and also 
near its ceiling for ventilation. Other than 
this there should be no windows or cracks, as 
it is necessary that this room should be tight 
and dark, like a burrow. Its only furniture 
should be a little dry hay, changed as often 
as it becomes soiled. The feeding and water- 
