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(T/ue room, or out-house, to the others; first 

 preparing them after the following method: 

 Purchase half a pint of oil of anniseed. 



Medicines and 



AND HALF A PINT OF OIL OF CARRAWAY ; Food to be 



used to catch 



■ THESE TWO ARE CHEAP MEDICINES; NOW ^^^'• 

 €0MES A THIRD, WHICH IS VERY DEAR, BUT 



'THEN ONLY A SMALL QUANTITY IS NECES- 

 SARY, A BOTTLE AS LONG AS YOUR FINGER 

 BEING SUFFICIENT : IT IS OIL OF RHODIUM. 



This will cost about ten shillings. Dab the 

 traps on each side withi7i well, with the oil 

 of carraway and oil of anniseed, and with 

 the tip of J our finger, dipped in the oil of 

 rhodium, in four or five places ; it is enough, 

 as the oil of rhodium has a powerful smell. 

 The food with which the traps are to be 

 baited must be thus prepared : Grate A very 



DRY LOAF OF BREAD, SO FINE THAT THE 

 RATS CANNOT CARRY ANY OF IT AWAY WITH 

 THEM; AND TO EVERY DOUBLE HANDFUL 

 PUT ABOUT TEN OR TWELVE DROPS OF OIL 

 OF C ARRAWAYS, BY a FEW DROPS AT A TIME, 

 RUBBING THE BREAD BETWEEN YOUR HANDS 

 WELL, SO AS TO IMPREGNATE THE WHOLE, 



You should taste the bread, and be guided 

 hj your taste, not to make the bread taste 



