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Photo by W. B. 

 FIG. 35. JUNGLE PIT NO. 5 WHICH TRAPPED MANY MICE AND AMPHIBIANS. 



fill it with refuse. The day after the coolie workmen com- 

 pleted their part I looked in and, to my surprise, saw two 

 frogs of a species new to me, sitting and blinking at one 

 another, while on the opposite side of the bottom of the pit, 

 a wild rat of a rich rufous color was vainly trying to conceal 

 himself beneath a fallen leaf some three sizes too small. I 



