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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ... THE RABBIT CHAPTER I NATURAL HISTORY OF THE RABBIT As a 'beast of warren' the rabbit has been well known in England for many centuries. Whether it is indigenous to this country, or whether, like the pheasant, the swan, and the fallow deer, it was introduced by the Romans, as some have asserted, is a question which, for want of direct evidence, will perhaps never be satisfactorily settled. We have it on the authority of the Yorkshire antiquary Whitaker that we are indebted to Roman enterprise, not only for the introduction of the rabbit, but also for the ferret, which they employed to hunt it; and the Latin names for these animals, cuniculus and furectus, both of which are described by Pliny,1 give some colour to the assertion. From what is stated by Greek and Latin authors, 1 Hist. Nat. viii. 55. it may be safely inferred that in early times the rabbit was not indigenous either in Greece or Italy, nor was it known eastward of these countries. The ancient Jews were unacquainted with it, and there is no mention of it in the Bible; for it is now generally acknowledged that the Hebrew word shdphan, which, in the Authorised Version, is rendered 'coney of the rock, ' is not our familiar rodent, but the Syrian Hyrax (Hyrax syriacus). The ancient classic authors, then, derived their knowledge of it through the early explorers of Western Europe. Strabo, writing about the year 50 B.C., expressly mentions the rabbit as being abundant in Spain. He writes: 'Of destructive animals there are scarcely any with the exception of certain little hares which burrow in the ground (ttk DEGREESv Tsiv y*wpv)(tDv XayiStW) and destroy both seeds and plants by gnawing at the roots. They are met with throughout almost the whole of Spain, extending to Marseilles
| ISBN-13 | 9781151074096 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1151074098 |
| Weight | 0.38 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.26 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 108 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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