20 BEVELATIONS OF A EAT-CATCHEB. 



poison Eats round a pit or along brook sides- 

 where they go to drink, although I don't believe 

 in poisoning, as one never knows where it ends 

 the Eats being likely to carry the poisoned 

 food about, and then dogs, hens, pigs, pigeons,, 

 &c., may pick it up. 



There may be a few more ways of catching 

 Eats than I have enumerated, but I think I 

 have given the best ways in detail. Some, 

 people think that to use 



THE MONGOOSE 



is very good, but I think that the mongoose is 

 no better than a good fox terrier dog or a good 

 cat, the only advantage in the mongoose being 

 that all the Eats it kills it will bring back dead 

 to its habitation, and that stops the dead 

 Eats from smelling under the floors. I think 

 that the mongoose is not half so sly or sharp 

 as a good cat, and a mongoose, moreover, has- 

 to be taught how to kill a Eat (just the same 

 as a dog). I am fortunate in having actually 

 seen a mongoose and a Eat put alive in a tub 

 together, and the mongoose would not even 

 look at the Eat. And I maintain that the 

 mongoose cannot compare with the ferret, 

 anytime, for the simple reason that a small 

 ferret can get anywhere that a Eat can, 

 whilst the mongoose must wait until the Eat. 

 comes out to feed. For instance, if a board 



