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64, Fire-place to the conservatory and camellia-house. 
65, Place for keeping food for the rabbits and pigeons, with stairs to the 
pigeon-house, which is placed over it. 
[Fig. 9. View from the Chinese Temple.] 
66, Rabbit-house containing twenty-one hutches, each of which is a cubic 
box of 20 in. on the side. Each box is in two divisions, an eating-place 
and a sleeping-place; the sleeping-place is 8 in. wide, and is entered 
by an opening in the back part of the partition. Both divisions have 
an outer door in front ; and, in order that the door of the sleeping- 
place may not be opened by any stranger, it is fastened by an iron pin, 
which cannot be seen or touched till the door of the eating-place is 
opened. Mr. Pratt pointed this out to us as an improvement in the 
construction of rabbit-hutches, well deserving of imitation wherever 
there is any chance of boys or idle persons getting into the rabbit- 
house. The rabbits are fed on garden vegetables and bran, barley, 
oatmeal, and hay, making frequent changes ; the vegetables being 
gathered three or four days before being used, and laid in a heap to 
sweat, in order to deprive them of a portion of their moisture. Salt is 
also given occasionally with the bran. Cleanliness, and frequent 
change of food, have now, for five years, kept the rabbits in constant 
