92' R A B B E T. Clafs L 



bearing great cold, (o that in Sweden* they are oblig- 

 ed to be kept in houfes. Our country abounds with 

 them •, their furs form a coniiderable article in the 

 hat manufaftures ; and of late, fuch part of the fur 

 as is unfit for that purpofe, has been found as good 

 as feathers for (luffing beds and bolfters. Numbers 

 of the fl^ins are annually exported into China. The 

 Englt^ couniks that are m oft noted for thefe animals 

 are Lincobjhire^ Norfolk, and Cambridge/hire. Methold, 

 in thelaft county, is famous for the beft fort for the 

 table : the foil there is fandy, and full of mofles and 

 the C^rex grafs. 



Formerly the filver-haired rabbets were in great 

 eflieem for lining of cloaths, and their skins fold at 

 three fhiilings a piece -f ; but fince the introduflion 

 of the more elegant furs, the price is fallen to fix- 

 pence each. The Sunk IJland "^ in the Humber was 

 once famous for a moufe-colored fpecies, now ex- 

 tirpated by reafon of the injury it did to the banks by 

 burroughing. 



* Taun. Suec. 26. f Ha'tlib''s Legacy, 



% Ph. /r. No. 361. 



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