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kitchen; we will suppose they have eaten four 

 holes through either floor or skirting boards. 

 The best way to catch these however many 

 holes they have leading into the kitchen is 

 to block up (with tin or similar material) all 

 the holes with the exception of one, and let 

 them use that one for two nights. Then put 

 a plateful of good food, such as oatmeal and 

 oil of aniseed, as far from the hole as you can 

 in the same kitchen ; then run a small train 

 of meal and aniseed from the hole to the plate. 

 Next drive two six-inch nails in the wall, with 

 a long piece of string tied to the nail 

 heads. Put on these nails a brick or piece of 

 board right above the hole 2in. up the wall. 

 Be sure the nails are quite loose in the wall 

 over the hole, and leave in that position for 

 two nights, so that the Bats will get used to 

 it. On the night that you are going to catch 

 them, before leaving the place carry the string 

 from the nail heads to the door or window ; let 

 the door or window be closed within an inch, 

 with the end of the string outside. After the 

 place has been quiet for thirty minutes return 

 to the door or window very quietly, and you 

 will hear the Eats feeding. Pull the string, 

 the loose nails come out of the wall and the 

 brick or board drops over the hole. You can 

 then go in, close the door, turn up the gas and 



