A writer in Chambers' Journal says that he cleared his house completely of rats by catching two in a trap, smearing them generously with tar and turning them loose. The rat is a wonderfully clean animal, and the writer's conviction is that the mishap > which befell their two comrades induced all the rats in his house to forsake the dangerous premises. At any rate, they have not reappeared sinpe he administered the tar cure in 1875.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZT18840425.2.51
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Tablet, Volume XII, Issue 1, 25 April 1884, Page 25
Word Count
76Untitled New Zealand Tablet, Volume XII, Issue 1, 25 April 1884, Page 25
Using This Item
See our copyright guide for information on how you may use this title.
Log in