CONTENTS, 
Introduction Pc^ges 1—4 
PAET I. 
CHAPTER I. 
HE DIFFERENT KINDS OF RATS, AND THEIR NATURAL HISTORY. 
The Water Vole— The Black Rat— The Albinos, or White Rats— The 
Brown Rat — Whence came the Brown Rat 5—14 
CHAPTER II. 
THE UNREASONABLE FEAR OF RATS. 
The Supper Party — The Rat-match — A boy frightened out of his 
wits by Rats — A French-woman frightened to death by a Rat — A 
hazardous Practical Joke 14 — 20 
CHAPTER III. 
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RATS. 
Diseases and ferocious Cannibalism of Rats — Propensity of Rats for 
hot Blood, or a Rat-match with a Ferret — A Blind Rat led on board 
Ship by a Straw — A Blind Rat led into the Cabin by its Ear — Maternal 
Affection of Rats for their Young — A Bereaved Rat — A Rat holding 
on by its Teeth to a Mower's Scythe — A Stoat beaten off by a Rat — 
A Rat in a Gin-trap nursing its Young — Desperate ittack on a Ferret 
by a Rat in defence of her young 20 — 30 
CHAPTER IV. 
TAME RATS. 
k. Rat and a Ferret snuggling together in the Author's bosom — 
Wanton Cruelty to Rats— How Rats acquire Coniidence in Man — 
Tame Rats at Siam — A Tame Rat worth Ten Sovereigns — Ten Tame 
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