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PART THE TENTH : RECIPES. 



To Destroy Rats. 



ONE pound of flour of malt, three drops of oil of 

 rhodium, two ounces of loaf sugar, eight cloves, and a 

 tablespoonful of caraway seeds, all beat fine in a mortar. 

 Lay it in small parcels where they frequent, three or 

 four nights, till they eat it freely; then add prepared 

 arsenic, and set water in different places, with some in- 

 fused into it. To prepare the arsenic, pour spirit of salt 

 on it till it dissolves. When it is thus managed, it will 

 not make them sneeze, which is the cause of their 

 refusing to eat it. You will often find their runs in 

 banks very thick : cut little benders, dip them in treacle 

 and meal mixed with the poison ; pass them into the 

 holes, leaving the bottoms clear ; this will stick on their 

 backs, and they will lick it off. When you trap them, 

 use only the feed ; plant the traps amongst it, putting 

 two or three drops of musk on the bridge of each trap. 

 This will cause them to be taken by the head, which 

 will prevent their crying to alarm the others. 



For Trapping Woodlarks and Nightingales. 



Your bait must be meal-worms, which may be 

 found under mangers in stables, where the mulch has 



