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and they must do so to obtain water immediately stops 

 them; those stacks, however, built on the ground will 

 suffer if rats are not ferreted out or otherwise destroyed at 

 sufficiently frequent intervals. 



In dwelling-houses and the like the gin may be em- 

 ployed, if it be covered with chaff amongst which corn 

 has been mixed, and whereon the vermin have regaled after 

 their wariness has been subdued. One disadvantage which 

 the gin has is that its working frightens the uncaught rats, 

 and continual trapping of comrades drives the others away, 

 so that often two or three systematic catchings are 



Fig. 50. Everitt's Patent Trap-Set. Fig. 51. Everitt's Patent Trap A Captive. 



necessary before the ever- encroaching vermin are cleared 

 out. 



In addition to the ordinary Dorset trap many others may 

 be employed for taking rats. Of these, Everitt's trap is 

 the most useful, and adaptable for most purposes. Alfred 

 Clifford's patent trap is also very effective and useful, and 

 is, without exception, the best form of box- or cage-trap 

 there is upon the market. The former is shown at Figs. 

 50 and 51. Clifford's traps (Fig. 52) are somewhat 

 expensive, but with care they last for a long time, and 

 are applicable in a variety of ways upon the preserve. 

 They are obtainable in several sizes. 



