. Fanciers' journal and land & water . e center of Boston, and is a note-shaver, and wouldnever get out of a swamp, or rather would never get into one, ablueberrying. 1 arrived at Mr. Bracketts residence near Eggleston square, atBoston Highlands, about half-past two. After a hearty greetinghe led the way to the large chamber over the stable. I am not arabbit-fancier, and as a pigeon-fancier have not had fifty years ex-perience. I have not been all over the world. My opinion maybe worth but little; but the reader may be glad to know what myfirst impression was. Well, I had expected a good deal,
. Fanciers' journal and land & water . e center of Boston, and is a note-shaver, and wouldnever get out of a swamp, or rather would never get into one, ablueberrying. 1 arrived at Mr. Bracketts residence near Eggleston square, atBoston Highlands, about half-past two. After a hearty greetinghe led the way to the large chamber over the stable. I am not arabbit-fancier, and as a pigeon-fancier have not had fifty years ex-perience. I have not been all over the world. My opinion maybe worth but little; but the reader may be glad to know what myfirst impression was. Well, I had expected a good deal, and Iwas surprised to find so much. The two most remarkable fea-tures of the whole barn chamber were the scrupulous neatness andthe perfect order. Any one who has had the care even of a singlecanary bird, has no doubt sometimes found the attention involvedmonotonous and wearisome. Fancy, then, the perseverance andpatience needful for a person having on his hands the care ofone hundred and,fijly rabbits and two hundred guinea pigs! Of. LOP-EARED RABBITS, Mr. Brackett showed me different colors, one of which, a blackdoe, had given birth to a litter of ten, and had successfullyreared them all. The collection also embraced the so calledHimalayan, with their oddly colored nose, ears, feet, and tails,and other parts white ; Silver-Gray, which I think were as hand-some as any ; the curious Angora, with their long hair givingthem such a quaint appearance; common white; the Dutch,some of which forcibly reminded me of the Dutch or Holsteincattle in marking ; Belgian hare and Patagonian, the peculiaritiesof which do not so strike an unsophisticated observer. Most of the rabbits are disposed singly in small hutches,which contain hay for bedding renewed every week. Thesehutches are in rows, and piled four or five high, and theappearance of the barn chamber is that of a very good-sized rab-bit show just arranged with unwonted care for the inspection ofthe public; hut the hay hid ■ one ser
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