Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 42305-h.htm or 42305-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/42305/42305-h/42305-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/42305/42305-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/allaboutferretsr01isaa Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Text enclosed by equal signs is in bold face (=bold=). 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. by "SURE POP." (ADOLPH ISAACSEN.) Second Edition. PRICE, TWENTY-FIVE CENTS. New York: Adolph Isaacsen, Publisher, No. 92 Fulton Street. Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1890, By Adolph Isaacsen, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. CONTENTS. PAGE. INTRODUCTORY 5 THE FERRET. I. What a Ferret Is 7 II. Character and Appearance 9 III. Rat Hunting 11 IV. Food 14 V. Ferret Houses 15 VI. Diseases 16 VII. Hardiness 17 VIII. Breeding and Training 19 IX. Strength and Bite 20 X. Handling 21 XI. With Cats and Dogs 21 XII. Advantages as a Rat Exterminator 22 XIII. Miscellaneous 23 THE RAT. I. The Rat Family and its Varieties 27 II. Rat History 27 III. The King's Own Rat-Catcher 29 IV. Rat Society, Cannibalism, and Friendship 30 V. Multiplying Powers 33 VI. Unabridged Bill of Fare 34 VII. Ferocity 35 VIII. Rats in Breweries, Slaughter Houses, Markets, Stables, and Barn-yards 36 IX. Rats as Wine Drinkers 38 X. Destructiveness 39 XI. Rats as Food 40