The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-07-16
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.

We publish the following by request

We publish the following by request
The first step to be taken in order at once to
clear a House, Ship or Premises of these yermin,
is to allure them all together to one proper place
before any attempt IS made to secure or destroy
them, for there Is such an instructive caution in
these animals accompanied with such q surpris-
ing sagacity in discovering even the slightest
cause OF danger, that If only one OF them be
hurt or pursued in an unusual manner, the rest
take the alarm and become so shy and wary,
that every device or stratagem you may adopt TO
take them will prove for a long afterwards futile.
The place where the rats are intended to be
assembled and brought together should be stu
ated as near the middle of the house, ship, barn,
stable or premises as possible. A small room or
building Of some kind must be chosen, where the
rats are all brought together before you make
any attempt to secure them. CAUTIoN-be sure
10 avoid hurt, fright, or violence of any kind
before the whole are in your power Having
fixed upon a suitable place. you must make a
large capacious BAG cut of an old carpet or
something of that kind, have a string case all
round the top of the bag, into which you must
run a clothes line; the bag must be sufficiently
capacious to cover nearly the whole floor of the
place where they are to be collected together.
This bag must lay perfectly fat on the floor of
the room with the mouth to the outsides of the
room, the string must go from the centre of one
end OF the bag up TO a pulley fixed in the ceiling
OF the room and be continued along the ceiling
To the furthermost corner of the room, through
another pulley fixed IN the ceiling and then hang
down into the corner having made all ready as
above and carefully stopped every hole or run
INTO the room but one or two-take / ID. of good
sweet -four, 3 ounces of treacle, 8 drops of the
oil OF rhodium. Put them all into q bowl and
rub them well together until they look all alike,
be sure to mix them well together, then take and
add to the above l 10 of crumbs Of bread. as they
prefer the bread mixed with their food, as alone
1t 10 too luscious for them.
just before dusk In the evening put q little Of
the above food upon the centre of your bag in
the room, then COVER YOUR FEET over with cloths
rubbed over with AssAFGTIDA or the oil of Rho
DUN. in order to suppress the scent Of your body,
then take q red herring, broil it a little before
the ire, after broiling tie a piece of string to the
behring's tail and trail it along the ground after
you from their holes or entrances to their accesses
IN every part of the house, ship, barns, round
corn stacks and contiguous buildings from which
you wish to allure them. At the extremities at
different parts of the course of the trailed track
small quantities of oatmeal must be laid in order
to bring the greater number into the tracks and
to encourage them to pursue it to the centre
place where you intend ultimately to secure
them. Continue this feeding and trailing for a
week, keeping them well supplied with food as
above directed go that they may regale themselves
on their food and 60 away quietly time after
time, by which means those which are not allured
the first night or two, are afterwards by their
fellows or the effects Of the trailing brought
and you may rest assured will not fail
70 come again III they are not disturbed or mo-
ested. At the end of the week if you find they
have taken their food well and freely, you must
on an Old cloak or gown, mind it must be of
1ne dark color, throw it over you so as to hide
your natural form and make you appear like a
or some inanimate thing the garment you
throw over you must be scented with the oil of
and your feet must be dressed and
covered as before directed. just before they
'ome to feed in the evening sit yourself quietly
Town in the corner of the room where the food
laid, take the string in your hand and sit still
motion, wait until you think the rats
re all at feed (Which will not be long after dark,
they come to their feed pretty FAST then pull
he string sharply, up goes your bag. secure the
mouth Immediately and you have the rats in
N. B.-You must take great caution in pre-
enting the scent of your feet near the trailed ,
or it will very much Obstruct your success $
{ taking them. If you pay proper attention to d
ne above instructions and 60 strictly by them, !
on may rely upon clearing every building or Il
remises you may wish. u
Should you not like to be at the trouble of =
sing the bag, (but mind it is the safest, most
.rtain, and efectual way of clearing the premi- =
So you may take and mix up as follows: Cocu- =,
Is Indicus 4 ounces, Oatmeal IL ounces, Treacle
ounces. Mix the whole up into a moist paste G
it'll a little strong Beer, feed the rats in the a.
ON as above directed for a week, at the end of m
hich lay down this feed instead OF the other
hich will Thoroughly intoxicate the rats SO that
III may take them up in your hand and put n
en into n cage or bag; you must be sure to =
op the holes up before you go into the room &
ID mind you draw the door after you lest those =
hIch have the strength and sense remaining get Of
way. After you have Gagged the rats, if you III
ant them for any purpose, they will become er
rfectly sober in a few hours. de
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