COXTEXTS. 
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CHAPTER IX. 
THIEVISH PROPENSITIES OF RATS. 
Two Gold Rings stolen by a Rat — Watches stolen by Rats — ^The 
• Rat and the Wedding-ring Pages 81 — 84 
CHAPTER X. 
THE DESTRUCTION AND EXTIRPATION OF RATS. 
Slaughter of 600,000 Rats in the Sewers of Paris in a fortnight— Dog- 
stealers, &c. under the guise of Ratcatchers — k. real Ratcatcher — 
Bite of a Rat — A Ratcatcher's Contract — Every Man his own Rat- 
catcher — Lime versus Rats — Rat-killing Extraordinary — How to clear 
your Premises of Rats — A Well-attested Fact — Rats driven away by 
Potash 84— -93 
CHAPTER XL 
V/ONDERFUL TALES OF RATS. 
How the Rats of Scotland carry Eggs — Rats standing on their Heads — 
Three Cannibal Rats swallowing Nine others — How Rats carry Eggs — 
Rats conveying Eggs down stairs ^ 93 — 98 
CHAPTER XIL 
COURAGE, FEROCITY, AND CUNNING OF RATS. 
Their Individual Courage— A Ferret beaten by a Rat— ABattle between 
two Magpies and a Rat— A courageous Rat— A Countryman and his 
Pet Rat— A Game Hen killed by a Rat— A Battle between a Rat and 
a Bantam Cock— Combat between a Rat and a Weasel — A Ferocious Rat 
—Rapacity of a Rat— A Battle between a Rat and a Ferret— The 
Champion Rat , 98 111 
CHAPTER XIIL 
UNITED ATTACKS OF RATS. 
Rats of the Serpentine— A Cat eaten alive by Rats— An Extraordinary 
Contest between Rats and Terriers— Four Prisoners attacked by Rats- 
Ferocious Rats Ill 
CHAPTER XIV. 
THEIR NATURAL WEAPONS. 
The Teeth of Rats— Rat's-tooth Thumb-rings— How Rats descend 
Tiees, Walls, Palings, &c., without falling— The Value of Rats 
'Teeth 
115—118 
