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Rabbit, Baked

Skin, draw, and wash thoroughly a young rabbit, and let it lie in milk and water for an hour or two. Drain it, and cut it up into small neat joints convenient for serving. Pepper these lightly, place them in a single layer in a baking-tin, and cover each piece with a rasher of bacon. Put the tin into a moderately-heated oven, and bake the rabbit until it is done enough. Arrange the rabbit and bacon alternately in a circle on a hot dish, and pour the gravy in the tin over them. Serve very hot, with mashed potatoes as an accompaniment. Time to bake, from three-quarters of an hour to one hour. Probable cost, 7d. to 9d. per pound. Sufficient, one rabbit for two or three persons.