200 BRITISH QUADRUPEDS. 



incommoded by the mischief done in his barge by rats, 

 procured a ferret to destroy them. The ferret remain- 

 ing away a considerable time, he thought it was devour- 

 ing some rats that it had killed, and went to sleep ; but 

 was awakened early next morning by the ferret, who 

 had commenced a regular attack upon him. The ani- 

 mal had seized him near his eye-brow ; and the man, 

 after endeavouring in vain to shake him off, at length 

 severed the body from the head with a knife, the 

 teeth still sticking so fast, that the head was with diffi- 

 culty removed. 



