Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 274
the leathern bags, had undermined theplace, and great numbers must have contributed theirjoint efforts to move such heavy weights; but theydragged the whole mass to a considerable distance, as Tales of Instinct and Reason 245 a few scattered coins proved; they ate the leather, andthe whole amount… … I rec-ollect alady wholived inQueen Street, in Edinburgh, telling me of a curious sight shewitnessed, which proves the extreme cleanhness of rats.One day after breakfast, I think on a Sunday, whenthe streets are unusually quiet, she was standing at herdining-room window, looking at the subhme view…
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