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050 4 _aSB
100 1 _aSmith, Robert
_q(Rat-catcher)
245 1 4 _aThe universal directory for taking alive and destroying rats
250 _aThe third edition.
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2024-08-06
508 _aRichard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"The Universal Directory for Taking Alive and Destroying Rats" by Robert Smith is a practical guide on pest control written in the late 18th century. The book offers detailed methods for capturing and exterminating various vermin, with a special focus on rats, as well as other four-footed and winged pests relevant to rural and urban settings. It caters to gentlemen, farmers, and those dealing with wildlife destruction, providing instructions grounded in the author's extensive experience as a rat-catcher. At the start of the treatise, Smith introduces the diverse vermin that threaten agricultural and domestic environments, specifically highlighting the dangers posed by rats and how they can cause significant damage. He discusses observations made during his two decades of practice, emphasizing the intelligence and cunning nature of these pests. The opening portion also outlines the necessity for effective trapping methods and preventive measures to safeguard properties, setting the stage for the practical advice that follows in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cLondon: J. Walker, 1786
653 _aRats -- Control
653 _aZoology, Economic
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/b2876092x
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74196
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