Ii6 Studies in Rat Catching, [ch. vii. 



These are for covering over bolt holes to 

 bag a rabbit when driven out by the ferrets. 

 The nets should be made of the very best 

 string, so as to be as light and fine as possible. 

 The mesh should be just large enough to 

 allow a rabbit's head to pass through. 



Like the postscript to a lady's letter, the 

 chief item I have saved till the last, and I 

 fear it will be some time before the ordinary 

 rabbit-catcher will be able to afford it. I 

 refer to long nets, which are used for running 

 round or across a piece of covert to catch 

 the rabbits as they are bustled about by the 

 dogs. A rabbit-catcher in full swing should 

 have from eight hundred to a thousand yards 

 of this, for with a good long net he will often 

 kill as many rabbits in a few hours as he 

 could do with the ferrets in a week. 



I myself keep no special dog for rabbit- 

 catching, chiefly because I have a neighbour 

 who will always let me have a cunning old 



