2 APRIL 1954, Page 16

Mongoose Wanted

It seems there are ways of getting rid of grey squirrels in one's house other than by using wire-netting or burning brown paper as a correspondent suggested last week. Two other letters arrived after I had written a note on the subject. One recommended the use of sulphur fumes and the other the employ- ment of a mongoose. Although I don't know exactly where one might obtain a mongoose these days, the idea appeals to me. Kipling would have been all for it, I am sure. I am ready to put the owner of the squirrel-

infested house in touch with the owner of mongoose, if one can be found and both are agreeable to co-operate.