22 REVELATIONS OF A EAT-CATCHEE. 



traps I should find next morning on looking at 

 the traps that most Eats are in those in which 

 I had placed the aniseed. I think that oil of 

 rhodium and oil of aniseed are very good to 

 drop on the traps after setting, or to mix with 

 the stuff with which the traps are covered. 



There is also another way of bolting Eats, 

 Sometimes when the ferret is put under a 

 boarded floor, all the Eats will run together 

 and pack themselves in a heap at the end of a 

 joist. When the Eats pack themselves on 

 each other thus, the ferret on reaching them 

 will tackle only one at a time. You can 

 always tell when this happens by the ferret 

 working a long time and bolting no Eats. 

 Now, immediately you notice this, put your 

 mouth near the hole wiiere you have put the 

 ferrets in, and make a squealing noise with 

 your mouth to imitate a squealing Eat. This 

 causes the heap of Eats at the end of the joist 

 to disperse through fear, and when they get 

 running about they will bolt into the net.. 

 Many times I have not had a bolt for half-an- 

 hour and when I have squealed at the hole I 

 have had four or five Eats in the nets at once. 



These are some of the methods of clearing 

 Eats from various places, and from experience 

 I think they excel all others. 



