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THE RATS, INSECTS, ETC. OF THE CAVE. 
HAvinG now reached the end of the Long 
Route, and presuming that the minds of our 
readers are sufficiently filled, for the present, 
with the beautiful, the sublime, and the terrible, 
we embrace the opportunity, before wending 
back our weary way to the land of verdure and 
sunshine, to draw attention for a few moments, 
by way of diversion, to some of the animals and 
insects of the Cave which have not already been 
described,—several of which are found at this 
point. 
A peculiar kind of rat is sometimes found in 
Crogan’s Hall as well as in other parts of the 
Cave, which is a size larger than the Norway 
rat. The head and eyes resemble those of a 
rabbit, and the hair on the back is like that of a 
eray squirrel, but that of the legs and abdomen 
is white. 
Cave crickets and lizards are also found here. 
The Cave crickets are about an inch in length. 
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