REVELATIONS OF A EAT-CATCHEK. 



the ferret kill a large bitch Eat, about six 

 yards from me against a wall, where neither 

 the dog nor myself could get at it. I finished 

 the job and made out my bill for my services, 

 but in about two or three weeks after they 

 again sent for me, declaring they could not 

 stay in the sitting-room on account of the 

 smell that arose from beneath the flooring 

 boards. They had in consequence to send 

 for a joiner ; and as I knew the exact spot 

 where the Eat was killed I ordered him to 

 take up the floor boards just where the dead 

 Eat lay, and the stench that arose from the 

 decomposed Eodent was bad in the extreme. 

 I disinfected the place, and I was never sent 

 for again. This was under a cold floor, and 

 it is much worse where there is any heat. 



Now to deal with the different methods of 

 catching Eats. The best way, in my opinion, is 



TEAPPING THEM WITH STEEL SPEING TEAPS. 

 Whenever you are trapping, never on any 

 consideration put bait on the traps ; always 

 put traps in their runs, but you will find Eats 

 are so cunning that in time, after a few have 

 been caught, they will jump over the traps, 

 and then you must try another way. A good 

 one is the following, viz. : Get a bag of fine, 

 clean sawdust, and mix with it about one-sixth 

 its weight of oatmeal. Obtain the sawdust 



