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obviously to save the food, but also for the reason that well-fed rats 

 breed much faster than those with a scant food supply. There are 

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such refuse in rat-proof metal cans, Fig. 147; another is to protect 

 buildings and other receptacles for Jood-stuffs against the rat. In con- 



