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The rearing of domestic Eabbits is, nowadays, frequently 

 performed on a large scale. In country districts in France it 

 has become the adjunct of every kind of farming. This is 

 because it requires little expense, little trouble, is within the 

 means of every one, and yields, when well conducted, a hand- 

 some remuneration. This subject is well treated in the celebrated 

 pamphlet entitled, " The Art of Rearing Rabbits, and how to 

 make a Revenue of Three Thousand Francs from them." 



Fig. 217.— Wanen Rabbits. 



In addition to the extensive operations in this respect carried 

 on in large farms, and which can be made very profitable, when 

 conducted with the skill and precaution that experience teaches, 

 the Rabbit is also reared in cellars ; from this method, the 

 dimensions of their residence being too restricted, only slender 

 profits result. Rabbits so reared are often designated in France 

 Cabbage Rabbits, because cabbages are the staple of their food. 



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