All about Ferrets and Rats / A Complete History of Ferrets, Rats, and Rat Extermination from Personal Experiences and Study. Also a Practical Hand-Book on the Ferret.
The Project Gutenberg eBook, All about Ferrets and Rats, by Adolph Isaacsen
A COMPLETE HISTORY OF
FERRETS, RATS, -AND- RAT EXTERMINATION
—FROM—
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND STUDY.
—ALSO—
A PRACTICAL HAND-BOOK ON THE FERRET.
By SURE POP. (Adolph Isaacsen.)
SECOND EDITION.
Price, Twenty-five Cents.
NEW YORK: Adolph Isaacsen, Publisher, No. 92 Fulton Street.
Adolph Isaacsen
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ALL ABOUT FERRETS AND RATS
I.—WHAT A FERRET IS.
II.—CHARACTER AND APPEARANCE.
III.—RAT HUNTING.
IV.—FOOD.
V.—FERRET HOUSES.
VI.—DISEASES.
VII.—HARDINESS.
VIII.—BREEDING AND TRAINING.
IX.—STRENGTH AND BITE.
X.—HANDLING.
XI.—WITH CATS AND DOGS.
XII.—THE FERRET'S ADVANTAGES AS A RAT EXTERMINATOR.
XIII.—MISCELLANEOUS.
I.—THE RAT FAMILY AND ITS VARIETIES.
II.—RAT HISTORY.
III.—THE KING'S OWN RAT CATCHER.
IV.—RAT SOCIETY, CANNIBALISM, AND FRIENDSHIP.
V.—MULTIPLYING POWERS.
VI.—THE RAT'S UNABRIDGED BILL OF FARE.
VII.—FEROCITY.
VIII.—RATS IN BREWERIES, SLAUGHTER-HOUSES, MARKETS, STABLES, AND BARN-YARDS.
IX.—RATS AS WINE DRINKERS.
X.—DESTRUCTIVENESS.
XI.—RATS AS FOOD.
XII.—RAT NESTS.
XIII.—THE RAT'S MUSICAL TALENTS AND EYESIGHT.
XIV.—RATS AS MORALISTS.
XV.—RATS IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS, AND THE MODERN RAT SUPERSTITIONS.
XVI.—REVIEW OF THE RAT, AND CONCLUSION.
I.—TRAPS.
II.—POISONS.
III.—DOGS, CATS AND FERRETS.
IV.—HUMAN RAT-CATCHERS.
THE CONTINUATION OF THE FORMER CHAPTER.
