THE BABBIT. 



remedy i? hjIJ umcikigiuous food, Bucli as dandelion and 

 (jnuxvo. I'or diajrrhceai, sound diy corn, bHip biscuit, and bakod 

 potato skins. 



As soon as an -animal evinces symptoms of any disease, 

 part it from tlie rest and keep it alone, till the clearness of its 

 eye, the brightness of its coat, and its dry and well pelleted 

 dung convince yon that it is restored to perfect health. 



RABBIT KILLINe. 



The most nsnal mode of killing the rabbit — as being the 

 most sudden and the least painful — is to strike it with the edge 

 of the open palm on the neck immediately behind the poll. 

 After this is done, the tliroa,t should be perforated upwards 

 towards the jaws with a small-pointed knife, in order that the 

 blood may drain from the carcase; otherwise the head and 

 neck win, when the creature is hung up, speedily become dis- 

 coloured from the blood settling in those regions. If the rabbit 

 is not to be dressed at once, it should be hung up by the fore 

 feet, and not, as commonly done, by the hind legs. 



LAW RESPECTING BABBIT-SNARDfG. 



By 7 & 8 Geo. IV., if any person unlawfully and wilfally in 

 the night take any hare or cony in any warren or ground law- 

 fully used for the keeping thereof, whether enclosed or not, 

 every such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanour ; and 

 persons guilty of the same oiFence in the daytime, or using any 

 snare or engine, are subject to a penalty of five pounds. But 

 this does not extend to the taking in the daytime any coniee 

 on any sea bank, or river bank in LincrAnshire, so far as the 

 tiae shall extend, or within a furlong of such bank. 



