FERRETS AND RATS. 



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and in reply thereto you may be advised that we 

 have used the little animals very successfully at 

 Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Lafayette and Hunt- 

 ington, Indiana. 



"When we first began to use them we baited 

 them or enticed them through the duct by hang- 

 ing a piece of raw meat at the opposite end, but 



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FERRET, HARNESSED AND 

 MUZZLED, CHASING A RAT 

 THROUGH AN UNDER- 

 GROUND DUCT. DRAGGING 

 TWINE RY WHICH WORK- 

 MEN PULL THROUGH A TEL- 

 EPHONE WIRE. 



our latest experiments have been by the use of a 

 live rat, started through the duct ahead of the 

 ferret, which entices the ferret to follow the rat 

 through the section of duct to the next manhole, 

 where the rat is caged and used for another 

 section. 



"Before starting the ferret through the duct, 

 he is harnessed up with a collar and girth, to 



