54 KEVELATIONS OF A EAT-CATCHEE. 



such as bonding warehouses, when I have- 

 been under the floors, my candle or lamp has 

 gone out through being knocked over with 

 grabbing at Eats, and I have not had a match 

 in my pocket, and have had to grope about in 

 the dark trying to find the trap-door where I 

 have got under the floors, more often than 

 not putting my hand in a set trap. It would 

 be of no use shouting for a light simply because 

 I have been alone. It is always better for a 

 Eat-catcher to have assistance for night work r 

 but I have done it myself very often. 



Now, the expenses of travelling come very 

 heavy sometimes, for wherever the Eat-catcher 

 goes he always has to pay railway fare for 

 himself and his dog. 



Another thing I must tell you. Often when 

 I have gone to inspect a small building I have 

 found that there were a great many Eats 

 in, but I have also known, after inspecting the 

 place, that they have all come from the one 

 place, out of the drain. Well, if I have 

 contracted to do this job for a lump sum, I 

 could easily clear this place and not catch an 

 odd Eat, simply by ferreting them all back 

 into the sewer in the daytime, and then 

 making it good; but in most of these cases 

 they do not like to pay your bill because 

 you have caught no Eats. Still, you have 



