1743  (1949)  Rabbits in some parts are Very plenty.
1871  (1872)  There is a species of hare . . . mis-called a rabbit, which is numerous, but hardly eatable, as they feed altogether on the shoots of the fir trees. In the winter they turn white.
1954  Rabbits had been everywhere throughout the district in teeming abundance and that meant abundant food for fur bearers, most of whom practically live off rabbits.