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is a big ratting expedition in the gardens, but withal the unlicensed 
rodents continue to thrive, and, as in the case of the guinea pigs, they 
thrive at the expense of more welcome and more interesting members 
of their species. 
WHITE RABBIT CASTLE AND BUSH HUT. 
The white rabbit castle is rather badly named, because there is 
almost always a black rabbit standing near the entrance and a grey one 
frisking about in the grounds. Mr. Wilkie explains that the white 
rabbits really do live inside the castle, but that they are staunch up- 
Born to the Purple. 
holders of the White Australia policy, and they chase their colored 
brethren out at every opportunity. The black rabbit is occasionally 
admitted on sufferance; but no amount of familiarity will reconcile them 
to enduring the grey one. Therefore, because the white ones disdain 
to be seen during the daytime with these commoner creatures, they are 
rarely about, and the colored ones are practically always on view, since 
the latter pair only manage to get inside when the pickets are off their 
