These marks suggested to us that we should attempt some more wholesale system of capture than shooting.

It was not for the mere desire of destruction, but for a special purpose, that we turned our attention to wiring.

The punt, though much beloved, was, like all punts, a very bad sailer.

A boat with a keel that could tack, and so work into the wind's eye, was our ambition.
The blacksmith Ikey readily purchased every rabbit we obtained at sixpence each.

Rabbits were not so dear then as now; but of course he made a large profit even then.