Punch,  33 (1857), 146.

Razzia on the Rats

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary

Subjects:

Animal Behaviour, Hunting, Pollution


    Describes the hunt by some sportsmen of some 'peculiarly offensive' rats in Holywell Street, London, which are 'especially mischievous to the young', which 'poison' the area in which they live, and which are 'very wily, and used only to be seen at night'.



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