How to Catch a Rat, 1768
Remember likewise, that they are a very subtle vermin, for if they in the least suspect what you are about, you cannot catch them…
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How to Kill Fleas, 1688
Take an Earthen Platter, that is broad and shallow, fill it half full with Goats Blood…
How to Cause a Rat Stampede, 1872
The smell of a goat is obnoxious to the nostrils of rats…