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parently wharf rats, but had tails longer than the head and body 

 as in the roof rat. 



Whether the wharf rat will continue to be the house rat of 

 Raleigh in future, or whether local conditions which must cer- 

 tainly have been favorable to the roof rat in the past, will ena- 

 ble the latter species to regain its hold on the town again and 

 drive the wharf rat out, I do not know, but my hopes are for the 

 roof rats' success and my expectations are against it. 



Raleigh, N. C. 



