The Universal Directory For Taking Alive and Destroying Rats

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Author

Smith, Robert (Rat-catcher)

Title

The universal directory for taking alive and destroying rats : and all other kinds of four-footed and winged vermin, in a method hitherto unattempted : calculated for the use of the gentleman, the farmer, and the warrener

Original Publication

London: J. Walker, 1786.

Credits

Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

SB: Agriculture: Plant culture

Subject

Zoology, Economic

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 74196

Release Date

August 6, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE UNIVERSAL DIRECTORY FOR TAKING ALIVE AND DESTROYING RATS, AND ALL OTHER KINDS OF FOUR-FOOTED AND WINGED VERMIN, IN A METHOD HITHERTO UNATTEMPTED: Calculated for the Use of the Gentleman , the Farmer , and the Warrener ;
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.INTRODUCTION.
4. 4.THE FOX.
5. 5.THE OTTER.
6. 6.THE BADGER.
7. 7.THE SHEEP-KILLING DOG.
8. 8.THE HOUSE CAT, TURNED WILD.
9. 9.THE MARTEN CAT.
10. 10.THE POLECAT.
11. 11.THE STOAT.
12. 12.THE WEASEL.
13. 13.THE FERRET.
14. 14.THE HEDGEHOG.
15. 15.THE NORWAY RAT. — The Recipe how to make the Food or Feed.
16. 16.THE BLACK RAT.
17. 17.THE WATER RAT.
18. 18.THE SQUIRREL.
19. 19.THE MOLE.
20. 20.THE HOUSE-MOUSE.
21. 21.THE FIELD MOUSE.
22. 22.THE RED SHREW-MOUSE.
23. 23.THE BLACK SHREW-MOUSE.
24. 24.THE GRASS MOUSE.
25. 25.THE DORMOUSE.
26. 26.THE BAT.
27. 27.THE LARGE BLACK EAGLE BUZZARD.
28. 28.THE GREY BOB-TAILED BUZZARD, OR PUTTOCK.
29. 29.THE LARGE FORKED TAIL KITE.
30. 30.THE LARGE BLUE SHERARD KITE.
31. 31.THE BLUE SHERARD HAWK.
32. 32.THE LARGE BROWN, WHITE ARSE, RING-TAILED HAWK,
33. 33.THE SMALL RING-TAILED HAWK
34. 34.THE SMALL SPARROW HAWK.
35. 35.THE SMALL BLACK-HEADED SPARROW-HAWK.
36. 36.THE WIND-HOVER HAWK.
37. 37.THE BROWN WOOD-OWL.
38. 38.THE LIGHT COLOURED BARN, OR, SCREECH OWL.
39. 39.THE HORNED OWL
40. 40.THE FERN OWL, OR NIGHT JAR.
41. 41.THE RAVEN.
42. 42.THE CARRION CROW.
43. 43.THE MAGPYE.

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