88 FLUFF-BUTTON THE RABBIT 
kept his own little plot of pasture to himself ; for 
he permitted no liberties, and kept strict discipline 
among his sons and daughters. 
Now that the rabbit family was so increased, 
they enlarged their quarters considerably. Some- 
times they used the tunnels of a bygone generation, 
but more often dug them out for themselves. 
This is a plan of the burrow, and, as will be 
seen, it is very complicated and irregular. When- 
ever one of the rabbits felt inclined he dug a new 
passage, but as he generally left it unfinished, there 
were many blind alleys which led nowhere in 
particular. All the parts which are shaded in 
the plan were seldom-used ' hide-ups ' and ' escapes/ 
but the' rabbits knew their geography very well, 
and in times of danger generally had at least one 
' bolt-hole ' open. 
That August was very wet and cold. There was 
never very much grass on Garry's Hill, and now 
what there was was wet and sodden, and the wind 
drove through the lonely hawthorn bush on the 
summit with a roaring rush. Clouds of mist drifted 
over Knockdane, and the pigeons were blown about 
the rainy skies. The hill burrow was well drained 
and dry, but on the flat lands the holes were filled 
with water, and the rabbits lay out in the damp 
woods. 
