94 FERRET FACTS AND FANCIES. 



a quick way to get rid of live rats but is apt to 

 prove very disagreeable before all after effects 

 are eradicated. The odor from a dead and decay- 

 ing rat is hardly bearable to say the least. At 

 best, poisoning is not one of the safest methods 

 to adopt. While a few can usually be caught in 

 traps, they soon learn to "steer clear'^ of such 

 whether the common steel trap or the wire or the 

 wooden affair. Where rats are numerous 

 or hard to get "shet of," ferrets are to be 

 recommended. 



