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looking rodent in the cage, after which he put in his hand, 

 not gloved nor in any way protected, brought him out 

 and opened the front of his outer flannel shirt and let 

 him loose in his breast. The last act was all our Amer- 

 ican friend wanted to see, and the appearance of his face 

 as Dave unbuttoned his shirt and popped the rat in was 

 a mixture of fright and disgust it would be impossible 

 to describe. 



A pleasant hour was spent over the wine, and arrange- 

 ments were made to get some terriers in the morning and 

 polish off the rats. This was duly attended to, and the 

 New Yorker left Montreal satisfied that from personal 

 experience he could tell a rat story that would bear com- 

 parison with anything in that line over the border. 



