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CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER XV. 
ARTICLES MANUFACTURED FROM RAT-SKINS. 
Ladies' Gloves — Rat-skins, Fitch, and Ermine— Rat's Fur used 
for Gentlemen's Hats— -A Lady gnawing Rat-skins— Lady Rattle's 
French Kid Gloves Pages 118— 123 
CHAPTER XVL 
RATS AS HUMAN FOOD. 
Rat-eaters of China, India, &c. — The British Admiral and the roast 
Puppy — What's in a Name ? — Is a Rat a Rat, or a Kid ?— Sermulot 
or Rat Eaters in the East Indies — Sermnlot or Ground-pig Eaters of 
Africa — Sermulot-eaters of Naples, California, China, France, Malta, 
England, and the British Navy — Sermulot-eaters of Cornwall — Fried 
Sermulots and Sermulot Puddings — The Flesh of the Sermulot — Are 
Farm-fed Sermulots wholesome as Human Food, or are they not ? — Is a 
Rat Carrion or Game ? 124—134 
CHAPTER XVII. 
Prejudices and Antipathies 134 — 136 
CHAPTER XVIII. 
WHISTLING JOE, THE HERTFOR-DSHIRE SERMULOT-HUNTER AND 
RATCATCHER. 
Joe's Dinner off broiled Sermulots — His Opinion of Sewer Rats — 
His Remarks on Rat-catching — His Appreciation of the Barn Owl — 
Whistling Joe's History of himself, and his Rat-catching Exploits — His 
Success in Stocking a Preserve with Game, and his Reward .... 137 — 146 
CHAPTER XIX. 
MISCELLANEOUS ANECDOTES OF SERMULOTS AND SNAILS. 
Destruction of Birds by Sermulots — The Puffins driven off Puffins' 
Island — Sermulots in the Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park, London — 
A Sermulot swallowed by two Pikes — Snail-eaters of Paris .... 146 — 149 
