The PraBlce Part IL 



Snares that are laid for thcni, as Earthen Pans full oF 'Wa-^ 

 ter, fpread over with Oat-Straw, where they come 'and are 

 drowned- Thefe Snares are ufually baited wich Bits of Ba- 

 ^ con, or Cheefe. 



Moles are Creatures that fpoil a Garden the moft of 

 any 5 for they not only do a great deal of Mifchief to the' 

 young Plants, in heaving the Earth, and laying open their 

 Roots, but alfo their Tracks fpoil the Walks and Green- 

 plots. They may be taken feveral Ways j firft, by carting 

 into their Holes Boughs of Willow, Hemp, Beets, or Ho^s- 

 Dung, which will make them come otit ; feCondly, by at- 

 tacking them after the Gardeners Manner, at feveral Hours 

 of the Day, and throwing them out with the Spade, but 

 this is very tedious, and lofes a great deal of time ; for up- 

 on the leaft Noife heard by the Mole, which is naturally ve- 

 ry fubtle, away Ihe gets. The fureft way to catch them, is 

 by Engines in the Form of Boxes, or Cafes, called Mole- 

 Traps^ made of Elder-Boughs flit in two, and hollow- 

 ed out. Thefe being about a Foot long, and two Inches 

 Diameter, are join'd together again with a fmall Ring of 

 Iron, and are ftopt up at one End, the other being left open 

 for the Mole to come in at, who removes a little Hook, 

 which holds a Spring that lets go immediately, and lljiuts fhe 

 Mouth of the Trap, and fo takes the Moles alive. Thefe 

 Traps fliould be laid about half a Foot deep in the' Mole- 

 Tracks^ 



Caterpillars are deftroy'd by cutting off in the Win- 

 ter the Leaves to which they ftick by Clufters, with Cizars 

 from the low Trees, and from the taller, with Iron-Hooks 

 and Cizars faften'd to a long Pole, which the French call 

 'Echenilloirs ; and when thofe Bundles of Vermin are down, 

 you muft burn them immediately. You fhould make this 

 Search with great Exadnefs, and take the Winter-time for 

 it, becaufe you may then fee their Clufters more eafily, 

 when the Leaves are off the Trees ; but do what you can, 

 you will always leave fome^ which are enough to infect a 

 -whole Garden. 



