40 REVELATIONS OF A EAT-CATCHEE. 



swill has been about ten inches from the top 

 of the tub. The Eat was too cunning to jump 

 down on the wet swill and drown, but I saw it 

 reach as far down the inside of the tub as 

 possible with its front paws and scrape the 

 grease from around the sides! I have also 

 seen the same Eat, when unable to scrape 

 any further down the tub sides, turn round, 

 clutch the top of the tub with its front paws, 

 dip its tail into the swill, and then gain the 

 top of the tub and commence licking its tail ! 



I have also tried an experiment with the 

 same tub, which consisted of covering the top 

 of the wet swill with bran, which floated on 

 the surface, and placing a bit of lumpy swill 

 in the middle of the bran, in the hope that the 

 Eat would jump on the bran in the expectation 

 of getting at the swill in the middle. How- 

 ever, it did not do so, no doubt instinctively 

 guided against the danger. 



I have also watched Eats run round a set 

 wire or cage trap for a full hour. I have seen 

 them go half way in and out again, look at the 

 bait and never touch it, but go away and never 

 return to the same trap that night. These 

 examples show the cunning instinct of Eats. 



There is, however, one power that the Eat 

 is not favoured with, and I am afraid if they 

 were they would be a greater pest. It is the 



