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rienced vermin-catchers; and, you may rely 

 on it, you will find them succeed to your 

 best wishes and satisfaction. 



First, to the broad-tail kite : this bird 

 is easily caught. I must first observe, that 

 a vermin-catcher should be provided with 

 one dozen, or a dozen and half, of iron 

 traps: the common warren-rabbit trap is 

 the best; it should be about eight inches 

 square (not round), a square trap will catch 

 with much greater certainty than a round 

 Howtodestroy ouc. For thc kite, set the trap against a 

 Kftes. bush which extends a little, so that you may 



place the end of it against the bush, and 

 that the trap may be somewhat flanked on 

 each side by the bush, that he must walk 

 on to it. Bury the trap well, and fasten a 

 piece of bullock's lights to the bridge of it; 

 then strew about two handfuls of feathers 

 round and over the trap : the feathers will 

 lure him down from a great height, he sup- 

 posing some bird lies killed there. All 

 hawks are to be caught in the same way. 



Magpies and jays destroy many partridge 

 and phe^isant nests, by sucking the eggs. 

 The best method of destroying them, is to 



