56 EEVELATIONS OF A EAT-CATCHEE. 



I have often had much trouble respecting 

 houses, warehouses, &c., to know whose duty 

 it would be to pay the Eat-catcher for his 

 work, the landlord's or the tenant's, but I 

 think that the landlord should pay. I have 

 had many engagements to catch Eats in 

 newly-built houses before they were tenanted. 

 The time the Eats get into these places is 

 whilst the workmen are putting the drains in 

 the back yards, leaving the drains open at 

 nights. Thence the Eats come out and get 

 under the floors, sometimes having to stop 

 there, too, simply because the next day the 

 joiners board up the floors and thus block the 

 Eats in underneath, and then the Eats can 

 always get into the kitchens up the back of 

 the fireplace. Most property owners would do 

 well to take note of this fact. 



I must tell my readers, especially those 

 having large shops, &c., that it is a good plan, 

 if possible, to turn off the gas and water every 

 night and week-end, for I have seen a good 

 many cases where the Eats in the night-time 

 have eaten through a water-pipe, and the place 

 has been flooded by morning. It is just the 

 same with a gas-pipe, and my opinion is that 

 it is quite possible for fires to be caused by 

 Eats in the night-time. Eats are very fond 

 of nibbling and scratching at soft wood, and 



