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Sect. XIV. 4. 2. 



OF PLANTS. 





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doo-. are of a lafcivlous nature, and as fome materials have a ftrong 



o 



fcent. refembling perhaps that of their venereal orgafm, they 



ble to be attraaed bv fuch fmells, as dogs are, on the fame 



I fuppofe, inclined to 



themfel 



putrid 



and ma 



cats to eat marum, valerian, and 



mint 



O 



fual for rat-catchers to avail themfel ves of this propenfity 



this account it is 



and to 



mix elTen 



of ftrych 



of arfenic 



The 



of rhod 



mulk, with the poifonous povvde 



vomica, or of delphinium flavifa 



perh 



o-reat injury to vegetation effcSied by thefe rats con fids in 



their makin^- innumerable burrows beneath the foil, and feeding 



the 



oots of a great variety of vegetables. Some new planted apj 

 I remember to have feen taken out of the ground with nea 



the whole of their fmalle 

 thefe r< 



and the larger ones peeled by 



ptiles. They will alfo deftroy young ducks, young rabb 



and youn 



chickens ; and devour with 



vidity every kind of 



food 



th which poultry and fwine are ufually fed 



d are h 



in many ways injurious in fituations near water. 



The fubfequent receipts for poifoning this mifchievous vermir 

 printed in the papers of the Bath Agricultural Society, and fai 



to 



Firft, to a quart of oatmeal 



d 



have been attended with great fuccefs. 

 add fix drops of oil of rhodium, one grain of mulk 

 of the nuts of nux vomica finely powdered ; make it into pellets, and 



;s. This was at firfl: greedily eaten, and did 



fe animals afte 



put them into the rat-holes 



great execution, but the w 



The fecond confided of three parts of oatm 



giia, ftave's-acre, mixed well into a parte with honey 



pafte were laid in their holes, and again did great exe 



method of dettroying them there recommended is by laying a large 



; ceafed to eat it, 

 d one of ftavifli- 



Pieces of this 



A third 



box down on its front fide 



th th 



d fupported op 



firing 



pully ; and by trailing toafted cheefe 



d a red herring, from 



this 



their holes to this box ; and placing oatmeal and other food in 



box 



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