Ground Vermin Rat Traps. 



4'5 



Another wire cage trap is of much more use than the 

 apparatus mentioned before. It consists of a cage of 

 galvanised iron wire, about 2ft. square and 4in. deep ; in 

 the centre of this is a second compartment, about 6in. 

 square, entirely shut off from the rest, and it opens only to 

 the outside. To fit exactly into this is another complete 

 cage, with a small door, and provided with a small handle 

 to lift it out ; at each corner of the large cage is a little 



B 



FIG. 28. PLAN OF EAT-TRAP. 



flap door of wire, working in a passage formed by fixing a 

 small wall of wirework adjacent. The annexed sketch 

 shows the affair more clearly. Fig. 28 represents the 

 plan of the trap, A being the inner compartment with the 

 dotted line shewing the cage which is dropped into it ; 

 B, B, B, B, are the entrances, working as in Fig. 29. The 

 rats wishing to enter, attracted by a tame brown one, 

 which is in the cage at A, and well provided with food, 



