Studies in the Art of Rat-catching

A blend of practical instruction and personal reminiscence about controlling rats and small game in the rural countryside. The text offers step-by-step guidance on selecting, feeding, muzzling, and handling ferrets; training and managing dogs; and the tools and techniques for ferreting, rabbit-catching, and clearing drains and cellars. Interspersed with day-to-day field accounts and village episodes, it also includes safety and humane considerations, tips for schoolboys learning the craft, and sketches of local characters and landscape that frame the author's hands-on methods and observations.