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the doors of one of the traps fall down, 

 when you take it up you must carry another 

 trap with you, and lay it down exactly in 

 the same place, putting a little of the food 

 on the bridge. The hrst night the man 

 and myself, for I sat up the whole night, 

 caught very near three hundred. On the 

 following nights he caught a great many 

 more, and continued until he had totally 

 freed the house of them, and, I make no 

 doubt, many of the adjoining houses also. 



A few days before this man began to 

 prepare to catch, 1 said to him, " Mr. Mad- 

 DISON, if you will honestly impart to me this 

 secret, I will give you two guineas." I 

 judged it prudent at the same time to give 

 him a gentle hint, that, if he deceived me, 

 the strong hand of power was with me, and 

 I should recommend him to the care of the 

 provost marshal at the jail for one month. 

 The man very honestly replied, " Sir, take 

 these three bottles of oils, and I will tell you 

 also how to make the food. I will not, for 

 four or five days, come near the house ; you 

 shall anoint the traps yourself, and feed 

 them also." I did as he had instructed me. 



