70 ANIMALS OF NO IMPORTANCE. 



sad fate of the English king who was fond of lampreys ; of 

 the rats and mice which steal our food ; of the musk-rat 

 which would seem to have discovered a method of forcing 

 liquid through cork or glass, since are there not people who 

 solemnly speak of " musk-ratty " wine ; or of the uncanny 

 bats which move so silently. Far less will space permit us 

 to wander to the forests to seek the flying squirrels, or to 

 the river swamps to watch the gambols of the rhinoceros. 

 It must suffice to say that these and many others belong to 

 the fauna which revels in the shades of night. 



