343 Ground Vermin. 



those within whose ken the real article appears to deal 

 with it as may seem best. For the present purpose only 

 those cats of domestic origin which have taken to a wild 

 life will command attention. 



This description of cat is much more readily dealt 

 with than the real wild cat, and is comparatively easily 

 trapped. There is, however, of course, the usual amount 

 of care and trouble necessary, for these cats will be 

 found to be especially wary. Besides the cats which 

 may have taken to poaching as a permanent means for 



Fig. 48. Another Form of Box-Trap. 



support of life, there are many, very many, which, 

 while apparently strongly attached to the fireside during 

 daytime, and when their presence or otherwise, as the 

 case may be, is liable to be noticed, have, however, an 

 equally strong attachment to game-preserves by night, 

 when their actions are unobserved. These extremely 

 knowing pussies are as great a nuisance as those first 

 mentioned, and have a peculiar habit of all coming to the 

 same preserve, or, at least, to the near neighbourhood of 

 it. They have been known to come several miles, and I 

 have caught cats of this kind whose homes were situated 



