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and you will see if he has been out or in. If he is in, 

 pass your traps in as far as will admit their springing ; 

 heal them properly, then get some sticks and arch the 

 hole over; lay sods upon them till the hole is quite 

 darkened. As he approaches carelessly till the light 

 appears, he will be in the trap before he is aware of it. 



To poison cubs, pass some arsenic, with plenty of 

 beaten glass in it, into young rooks, young rabbits, rats, 

 entrails cut in lengths, &c., and throw them into the 

 covers near their earths. 



To poison the old dog and vixen, where you see their 

 ball and billot in fields, lay some balls, made of broiled 

 sheep's liver shredded fine, and mixed with goose grease, 

 honey, corrosive sublimate, and ground glass. This will 

 disperse quickly in their stomachs, and prevent their 

 throwing it up. 



If you wish to take cubs alive, pitfall them at the 

 mouths of the earths, or dig them. You will often find 

 them in rabbits' burrows, where they are easily dug out ; 

 tie a piece of net on the end of a stick, to draw them 

 with ; shove it against them, and they will snap at it, 

 and entangle their teeth, when you must twist it round, 

 and draw, having a sack ready to receive them. 



Among the artifices of foxes are, the vixen leaving 

 her cubs when they can run, going a little way from 

 the earth, and lying down, waiting to see if they will 

 venture out to follow her ; if they do, she returns and 

 most cruelly worries them, being aware of the danger to 

 which they expose themselves. They rob badgers of 



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