204 CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF RABBITS 
exceed this weight, but in all other respects 
they resemble the common cottontail. 
In the case of the domesticated rabbit, how- 
ever, you will find the dressed rabbit compact 
and well filled out in shape, the meat white 
throughout like the breast of a chicken, and 
the weight running from three pounds up to 
ten and fifteen pounds dressed. There is a 
difference in flavor, too, which can be recog- 
nized only after one has eaten both animals. 
The wild rabbit is apt to be strong and rank 
in flavor. The domesticated rabbit is sweet 
and juicy and of fine texture. 
The difference between the two as an article 
of food is due to many causes. A great many 
people have just cause to dislike the wild rab- 
bit and do not care for it as an article of food. 
They should not fall into the error of believing 
that the domesticated rabbit is subject to the 
same objections as the wild rabbit. 
In the first place, the domesticated rabbit 
is one of the most carefully fed food animals 
in existence. It does not suffer from scavenger 
