MONGOOSE V. RABBIT.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 156, 4 July 1877, Page 4

MONGOOSE V. RABBIT.

t Ttt hits aireadyiteeQ stated that a at_o_. her -^ißj^ggojia h^e-beeou in .reduced into Southland .to,, destroy*, tha rabbits. The local papers polish, some interestiag letters from Indian officers as to the !9J?^[l%/*ft^F=» • sttpesintepdQntJjf Mfept m%**S&-r">M&m niy peraonai knowledge of tho Bengal tnong&Gge I bjleairO'il might beintrodaaed ish Anstralla ags |fsw ; Zealand; mtk the greateekmdm&tage. It is an animal of very fsirdy^nitaire, quite able to taka oare of it«4ff; j &_ia«y^ ; vers cbiirigedusi _.tlling rata, both' the common and tho bandicoots, althongh' the latter is much ftQpr_in_ liifr. ili is .vepy restless, gjbv> i9®f^l 6 9W S % inside. aMevßpace>_ft greafi , tles^uc^on ; amoQg ffsfta J -sa quite sure, partiaalarly ia £e«roy^g ! tna yoking ones in their frafss?i_r I'fartherrbeliave it would^e SSfy-ieralikerj.s to multiply in ajwh nnpifaera as-tdr-befeome ' It ia by no means a plentifßTanimal here, and lj--tt4_sfe*BM that in Sbahabad and Saran districts, wttere the hares became so nua^eross _uito^iajtire7tbe growing qsagigfthojiaongooße that are tamed for Ifiat porpoae are let loose, and they not M\fffl!hfflfy%^'fc '^hmbers, bat they d?fve J&e re_a^inaVr 'from (hat part of the oou 6 try iea shdrt time. It vary seld6m.«;efe^ "'' ft' destroys, •^"ftMX licking , the blood - aud eating •obiat-hieaipart^f tiie "brain, althc^Wh I once captured a .mongoose seated on the dead body of a 'man floating down tiMESl^_£jpfa"fef - w^ich'-ir.h_;d''a^ I J§§£*3&u Tiaffi .018*.. itery exceptional, | *MMll eaa gather. ! SjTIMA'-* wa l -^Koyiog ! pomr^r S&a game, they no doubt do so, I bnt it is thosa that, ard tialfitamecf, and %lJ , \"^g , ?H .BftW^iPf .des&oyiag Shakes ate allowed to . remain about §MW i-M -. 'fiUagea unmolested, ; that ■ getatifha tseaProost. ' Thb wild oiQpgooae fery seldom visit houses, flKftta driven to do so in search of lood. WitH regard to a their introduction there i?9a.14-be aa> diftonlty io the matter, s^ipairaJ might be phrch^aed hera at 25$*? *$&$ *> PW placed in'separate (&#», for they fighfi and. destroy each «_kBF-.#shey.j*ra together ia numbers, l-acaiwooldihava to be taken bn' board |fe*M d *W 9 petson would have to |SBWf!te' W. after them. They eat fish, and also are ?afc|k<ioßd; ©£ bread and milk." Mr Ramey, a well-known aaturalist, also !te4W! b^g M»e habits of the Bengal mmm. imrpesiis Malacceush wdtes:— «' On the whole, I tteufcltte tHal 6f iotrdduciog the mon§JP? 9 .J tt Australia, with the view oi d-istfoyjag tha fabbita there, migbt ba m*d,«' wish great advantage, for, even • iL_tha_moogoose afterwards proved. I 7to poultry and game they (the mongoose) jmight be sho.,--aa they are by go means prolific like rab*fe. ;■!, recommend.that at'first «fi§f a,paic,oriwo,paic ol mongoose bs I 2J?° 8d ° S * Bia^ la farm » ft hd the effect % pts,?%va carefully watohed before ,a)® F ge number of them to iiii*!— iiiar-T-rir* jj,- -, ,