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Next comes a trap of great efiicacy, but which answers 

 better for mice than rats. It is simply an earthen or glass 

 jar, having its neck narrower than its shoulder, and buried 

 until its mouth is exactly level with the ground. The in- 

 side of the shoulder is then rubbed with bacon fat — the 

 ranker the better — and the trap is set, with scarcely any 

 expenditure of bait. 



The mice, prowling about in search of food, soon dis- 

 cover the jar, being attracted by the smell of the bacon. 







aUNKI':N JAR. 



They crane over the mouth, try to reach the savoury food, 

 and slip into the jar, from which there is no possibility of 

 escape. 



Yet two more 'dodges,' and we must leave the wonders 

 of Walton Hall. 



Waterton found that when cattle were placed in con- 

 tiguous fields connected by a gate, nothing could keep them 

 away from that gate. They came a,nd leant against it on 

 both sides, while they indulged in conversation after their 

 own manner, very much as their masters and mistresses 

 might do. 



Now, the cattle which were in the field towards which 

 the gate opened did no harm to it, because as they leant 

 against it they only pressed against the posts. But the 

 weight of those on the opposite side came heavily upon 

 the catch and hinges, and sometimes even broke them 

 down. 



