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_aSmith, Robert _q(Rat-catcher) |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | _aThe universal directory for taking alive and destroying rats |
| 250 | _aThe third edition. | ||
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2024 |
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_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats |
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_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia |
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_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier |
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| 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.) | ||
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_pOriginally published: _cLondon: J. Walker, 1786 |
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| 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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