But at this moment they had neither snares, nor anything to make them of.

They must, therefore, be satisfied with visiting each hole, and rummaging in it with a stick, hoping by dint of patience to do what could not be done in any other way.
At last, after half an hour, four rodents were taken in their holes.
They were similar to their European brethren, and are commonly known by the name of American rabbits.
This produce of the chase was brought back to Granite House, and figured at the evening repast.

The tenants of the warren were not at all to be despised, for they were delicious.

It was a valuable resource of the colony, and it appeared to be inexhaustible.
On the 31st of May the partitions were finished.

The rooms had now only to be furnished, and this would be work for the long winter days.