KILLING RABBITS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 628, 25 November 1880, Page 2

KILLING RABBITS.

To the editor of the Wairaeah Daily. / . "' Carterton, Nov. 19. ; v Sir,—l have been down in Southland, . • where, having learned anew method—at', least to me-I think it right to givo it to: : the pubiic, '. : • i:- '■■■■ Make, an arti6cial rabbit:hole,■'sufficiently large to hold the number of rabbits you want to catch, then grease the of the hole with.something. boarding house butter, I am informed, iB superior to anything elso for this purpose, The rabbits, attracted by the aroma, flock in ' .numbers' for'a taste, and the •■■ mouthof the : hole being slippery,, they push one; another in pell-mel, When the hole is full you signify to the rabbits who have not succeeded in gaining admittance by a geutle wave of: the hand that they, must relinquish their hopes for the present—yet, with an encouraging smile, a.B much as to say,. I shall have another performance directly.- Dou't,rudely repulse . them—they are very sensitive. Then put your hand (Itliiuk yovr sinister he is the right one in this case)' in the hole, and pull out all. you cau. Next, light your cigar, lie down, place your mouth in the Inouth of'theihole, and give youi'victims the benefit'of the siiioke, They, cant't stand it'! and as..they, come out you Can dispatch them. That is the.whole'of it, any more than if you are of a coutempla- • live turn of inind you cau faucy yourself a Nero— true, a Nero of rabbits, but then, remember Nero had a redeeming quality —he was fond of music; Tasked,my Informant how he carnit to invent this plan, lie said hunger invented it. ' I inquired, if lie was very hungry. "Have you ever beeu in* Africa?"■ said he. "Of course I have" said.l. '"Among the Moors.l" "Certainly." Did you know that tribe who have a lump of dough for their god I"-" Intimately.' 1 " Well, were 1 the most devout savage of that tribe, and my god accessible, I was that hungry that I would have eaten him," From this it ttrikes me that I too will become an inventor, that is; if Ido hot soon get some- . thing to do.

lam, etc., 6. Whilukins.