"In this book, you can journey through history with the mole catchers of old as you learn of their lives, their work, and their struggle to survive with the pressure of change. Learn of the demands and needs inflicted upon the mole and how it adapts to survive, discover how it exploits the efforts of man, and how they deal with his attempts to rid the land of them."--Back cover.
We can, however, find evidence from private bill heads and parish records of the sums of money that were changing hands. The Parish molecatcher was employed on an agreed contract for a specified period of time, anything up to 21 years.
Moles
Because he has been transformed by the love of an owl who mysteriously disappears, a mole overcomes his timid nature and goes in search of his lost love.
This volume describes how moles live and breed under our feet.
Three moles who live underground wonder what the world is like "Up Above" and one of them finally ventures upward to find out for herself.
A lonely mole's animal friends find his hole too dark and small for them, but in Ms. Mole he meets the perfect companion to share his life. Features rebuses throughout the text.
Young readers get a mole's-eye view of marsh life, following one star-nosed mole on an expedition through a dark tunnel deep underground and out into a sparkling pond. Full color.
Three moles live underground, and then one of them finally ventures upward to find out what the world is like "Up Above".