46 HUNTER'S AND TRAPPER'S GUIDE. 



To make bait for the rat, take the musk of 

 one rat and add to it two ounces of its urine. 

 Of this use two or three drops for a bait. 

 The musk of the rat is found near the vent. 



Rats can be trapped successfully without 

 baits. This is done by hunting their feeding 

 grounds. These you can find by going along 

 the edge of the water. On discovering the 

 rat's house, go above and below it and you 

 will soon find where they make trails or runs 

 in shallow water. Set your traps across these 

 trails, letting them go two or three inches 

 under the water and cover them with wet 

 leaves, grass or mud ; fasten the traps to 

 stakes on one side of the trail and as far from 

 it as the chain will let it go. 



When setting your traps on the bank, dig 

 a hole the size of the trap, letting it rest on a 

 level with the ground, and cover it with the 

 dirt you take out of the hole. Let fall one 

 or two drops of your bait on each side of the 

 trap. It is not necessary to use the swinging- 



