1918 8-10 Sept 
"The domestic breed, reddish brown, gray, and white were found 
in number in and around their burrows among the stones, shrubberi'es 
and green juncus growing near the lagoon. They could be run 
down easily and caught in the hands or could be chased into small 
caverns among the stones or rocks and caught as they seemed to 
have little endurance when ®Dctk& on the run. 
■frB'us' Tagrg 6nly in one spot, and that near 
the Southwest end of the lagoon, was there any noticeable amount 
of dead shrubbery and no rabbits at: all were to be found at any 
time during oar our stay feeding mi upon this plant. . . , The 
green juncus growing lower on the gouund was quite fresh and seemed 
to cover an immense area around the lagoon. Here and tthere} upon 
this the rabbits were seen feeding at times. These rabbits ; yxi±xmay 
. o . while numerous in many parts of the island, were not by 
any means found to be as plentiful as might be expected when 
considering the length of time left unmolested in which to breed. 
Only in one case was a young rabbit seen and he was caught and taken 
aboard. • • 0 we attempted to estimate the number of rabbits on 
the island, which we figured to be not more than a hundred at the 
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"Low areas here (jiear the lagoon} , 0 „ were covered with a 
mat of Sesuyium , , D that was making a brave struggle against the 
depredations of the rabbits. The latter hopped or squatted about 
among the albatross and shearwaters occasionally taking alarm and 
dashing away to run down a hole. About 150 to 200 have been 
killed here since our arrival. 
All are of large "Belgian Hare" size and varyingcolor. Grizzled 
grays and grayish browns predominate with numbers of reddish brown, 
dull black, and blackish brown. All had the abdomen well distended 
two or three that were examined were not at all fat though in good 
flesh, I npted scattered carcasses of animals that had died before 
our arrival. ... All rabbits seen were adult but Reno found 
embryos in Several females," (uie.\vwove. ^ 
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