Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 364
d re-cently gathered, for some ant-cages, several speci-mens of these big insects. Their homes wereplentiful, in the region. The cavity in the treewas about ten inches in width at the opening andabout two and a half feet in depth. A pile ofsawdust filled about one third of the entire cavityand was… … THE LEAD PIPE GNAWED BY RATS. five hundred gallons of the precious fluid to runto waste. How the rats knew there was water in the pipeis a mystery. Numerous instances on record goto show, however, that rats will, if driven bythirst, gnaw into water-conductors in their efforts J. G. McCurdy. 272…
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